The Awakened Kingdom

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By N. K. Jemisin

Read by Robin Miles

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  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
  2. ebook (Digital original) $4.99 $6.99 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around February 4, 2020. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

The long awaited sequel to the Inheritance trilogy — a novella by award winning author N. K. Jemisin where a godling must struggle to grow in the shadow of her parents.

Some truths must be learned the hard way. . .


As the first new godling born in thousands of years — and the heir presumptive to Sieh the Trickster — Shill’s got big shoes to fill. She’s well on her way when she defies her parents and sneaks off to the mortal realm, which is no place for an impressionable young god. In short order she steals a demon’s grandchild, gets herself embroiled in a secret underground magical dance competition, and offends her oldest and most powerful sibling.

But for Eino, the young Darren man whom Shill has befriended, the god-child’s silly games are serious business. Trapped in an arranged marriage and prohibited from pursuing his dreams, he has had enough. He will choose his own fate, even if he must betray a friend in the process — and Shill might just have to grow up faster than she thinks.

This novella, The Awakened Kingdom takes place after the events of The Kingdom of Gods and will also be included in both the print and ebook ominbus of The Inheritance Trilogy in 12/14.

Genre:

  • "[It] shines for its remarkable characters and graceful prose" -
    Library Journal (Starred Review) on The Killing Moon
  • "Jemisin proves yet again that she is one of the important new writers in the sff scene." -
    Kate Elliott, author of Cold Fire, on The Killing Moon
  • "[A] gripping series launch...as well as a rousing political and supernatural adventure."
    Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Killing Moon
  • This is a book that readers won't be able to put down...A magnificent novel and one of the best books this reviewer has read this year."
    RT Book Reviews on The Inheritance trilogy
  • "N.K. Jemisin has written a fascinating epic fantasy where the stakes are not just the fate of kingdoms but of the world and the universe."
    sfrevu.com on The Inheritance trilogy
  • "The very best kind of sequel: as lush and evocative and true as the first, with all the same sense of mystery, giving us the world and characters we already love, and yet with a new story and a wonderfully new perspective on the whole dazzling world and pantheon the author has built."
    Naomi Novik on The Inheritance trilogy
  • "Jemisin's engaging debut grabs readers right from the start...a complex, edge-of-your-seat story with plenty of funny, scary, and bittersweet twists."
    Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Inheritance trilogy
  • "A compelling page-turner."
    The Onion A.V. Club on The Inheritance trilogy

On Sale
Feb 4, 2020
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781549186110

N. K. Jemisin

About the Author

N. K. Jemisin is the first author in the genre’s history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, all for her Broken Earth trilogy. Her work has also won the Nebula, Locus, and Goodreads Choice Awards. She was a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and she has been an instructor for the Clarion and Clarion West writing workshops. In her spare time she is a gamer and gardener, and she is also single-handedly responsible for saving the world from KING Ozzymandias, her dangerously intelligent ginger cat, and his phenomenally destructive sidekick Magpie.

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