Promotional Information

* Review copies mailed to the genre press * Featured on www.orbitbooks.net and in the Orbit ezine * Consumer campaign in genre press and online portals * Author blog at nkjemisin.com

Promotional Information

* Review copies mailed to the genre press * Featured on www.orbitbooks.net and in the Orbit ezine * Consumer campaign in genre press and online portals * Author blog at nkjemisin.com

About the Author

N. K. Jemisin is a career counselor, political blogger and would-be gourmand living in New York City. She's been writing since the age of 10, although her early works will never see the light of day.

Reviews

Jemisin's first novel has a wistful, lyrical tone, and the intrigue - both romantic and political - is skillfully handled. Book one in the Inheritance Trilogy is sensitive, restrained high fantasy - GuardianA story that manages to be both fantastically grand and very personal. Definitely recommended - Waterstones Books Quarterly"A bold and strong new voice in fantasy fiction" Tricia Sullivan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning authorJemisin's first novel has a wistful, lyrical tone, and the intrigue - both romantic and political - is skillfully handled. Book one in the Inheritance Trilogy is sensitive, restrained high fantasy - GuardianA story that manages to be both fantastically grand and very personal. Definitely recommended - Waterstones Books Quarterly"A bold and strong new voice in fantasy fiction" Tricia Sullivan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author

Jemisin's first novel has a wistful, lyrical tone, and the intrigue - both romantic and political - is skillfully handled. Book one in the Inheritance Trilogy is sensitive, restrained high fantasy - GuardianA story that manages to be both fantastically grand and very personal. Definitely recommended - Waterstones Books Quarterly"A bold and strong new voice in fantasy fiction" Tricia Sullivan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning authorJemisin's first novel has a wistful, lyrical tone, and the intrigue - both romantic and political - is skillfully handled. Book one in the Inheritance Trilogy is sensitive, restrained high fantasy - GuardianA story that manages to be both fantastically grand and very personal. Definitely recommended - Waterstones Books Quarterly"A bold and strong new voice in fantasy fiction" Tricia Sullivan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author

Convoluted without being dense, Jemisin's engaging debut grabs readers right from the start. Yeine desires nothing more than a normal life in her "barbarian" homeland of Darr. But her mother was of the powerful Arameri family, and when Yeine is summoned to the capital city of Sky a month after her mother's murder, she cannot refuse. Dakarta, her grandfather and the Arameri patriarch, pits her against her two cousins as a potential heir to the throne. In an increasingly deep Zelaznyesque series of political maneuverings, Yeine, nearly powerless but fiercely determined, finds potential allies among her relatives and the gods who are forced to live in Sky as servants after losing an ancient war. Multifaceted characters struggle with their individual burdens and desires, creating a complex, edge-of-your-seat story with plenty of funny, scary, and bittersweet twists. (Mar.) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.