The Inheritance Trilogy

N. K. Jemisin

Dec 2014 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

After her mother's death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in this epic fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season.

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. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.

The Inheritance Trilogy omnibus includes the novels: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms, The Kingdom of Gods, and a brand new novella set in the same world: The Awakened Kingdom.

Ratings and reviews

There are some innovative elements of these novels, and I was sometimes captivated by the story, but the plot often moves unduly slowly and there is a lot of ponderous toing and froing about feeling of big feelings, which is then followed up by tedious reflection on said feelings. Book 3 is especially bloated in this regard. I guess I was hoping for some Ursula Leguin innovative thinking here, but it ain't happening.

I read the trilogy + novella in 3 days. It kept me wanting more to the point that I stayed up past 4:30am 2 days running to read. (Bad choices, but thank God for being on break and having children who let me sleep in late after making bad choices!) I loved the characters - I became truly attached to them and NEEDED to see what happened to them. More sex and gender-swapping than I would be comfortable having my teenage daughter read, but still a very fun read! I would love to read more side stories if there are any (first time reading this author; haven't looked yet).

I really enjoyed this series. It is grounded in a very enjoyable mythology that really really blossoms as you read further into the book. You are provide the information at a rate that leaves you wanting more. The characters are also well written in their conflicting ideals, values and desires. You truly experience the growth with the characters.

About the author

N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Fifth Season, which was also a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. She previously won the Locus Award for her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and novels have been nominated multiple times for Hugo, World Fantasy, Nebula, and RT Reviewers' Choice awards, and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James Tiptree, Jr. awards. She is a science fiction and fantasy reviewer for the New York Times, and you can find her online at nkjemisin.com.