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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
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The debut novel from the triple Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season.

Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Winner of the RT Reviewer's Choice Award.

Shortlisted for the Tiptree, the Crawford, the Nebula, the Hugo, the World Fantasy, the David Gemmell and the Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards.

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky - a palace above the clouds where gods' and mortals' lives are intertwined.

There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

But it's not just mortals who have secrets worth hiding and Yeine will learn how perilous the world can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably.

The Inheritance Trilogy begins with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, continues in The Broken Kingdoms and concludes in The Kingdom of Gods.

©2010 N. K. Jemisin (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Epic Fairy Tales Fantasy
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A brilliant variation of the gods story. Jemisin has the right touch. On towards the next book.

Always good to visit the old Gods. Good listening

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Why it won an award is a mystery to me. It's incredibly boring, all the characters aren't even mildly entertaining.

One of the worst

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Just to keeper things short and sweet; if you're looking for an exciting fantasy read, stay clear. If you love twilight and fifty shades, i *guess* you may think it's OK.

The writing and narration are both technically very competent, but the fantasy is weak and boring. The story is all social drama- the fantasy setting is second or third priority at best.

The protagonist behaves completely and utterly like an object; things happen around and to the protagonist, and the protagonist is just along for the ride.

This complete lack of agency, combined with everything- and every one- being impressively boring makes me want to warn those of you who don't enjoy this sort of book away.

Incredibly dull

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