Narrated by Casaundra Freeman
Epic/High Fantasy, Mythic Fantasy
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Summoned to the floating city of Sky, an outcast named Yeine learns she has been named heir to the throne. To survive, she must navigate a deadly succession contest against ruthless relatives and the capricious, enslaved gods bound to serve them.
How it ends: Readers praise the finale for wrapping up the trilogy cleanly, helped by a concluding short story that resolves lingering loose ends.
417 pages11.5h audio2009
After her mother's mysterious death, Yeine Darr, an outcast from the barbarian north, is summoned to the majestic floating city of Sky. To her shock, she is named an heiress to the king, discovering a royal inheritance she never knew existed. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won. Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with the cousins she never knew she had, fighting for her life against formidable rivals. As she navigates the perilous court, she draws closer to uncovering the secrets behind her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how love and hate, and gods and mortals, are inseparably bound together, revealing the true cost of power.
404 pages11h audio2010
In the magical City of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, godlings walk hidden among mortals. Oree Shoth, a struggling blind street artist, impulsively takes in a homeless man with no memory. This act of kindness plunges Oree into a nightmarish conspiracy as someone begins brutally murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies across the city. As the secrets of the stranger's past are slowly revealed, Oree discovers her guest is inexplicably linked to these horrific deaths. Together, they must confront the will of the gods and uncover the truth behind the stranger's identity before the entire city is consumed. This thrilling tale is the sequel to The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.
539 pages16.5h audio2011
In the thrilling conclusion to N. K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy, Shahar and the godling Sieh face a terrible magic threatening their world. For two millennia, the Arameri family enslaved gods to rule. Now, freed gods challenge their crumbling grip, yet this ruthless family alone stands against endless war.
Shahar, the last Arameri scion, is torn between her love for Sieh and her duty to her family, a path demanding she sacrifice everyone she cares for. As ancient rage and new magics unleash the Maelstrom—feared even by gods—Shahar and Sieh, mortal and god, lovers and enemies, must choose. Can they stand together against the chaos threatening to engulf all?
Includes a new Inheritance Trilogy story.
