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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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- N. K. Jemisin
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 1462
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316334006
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