The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

De: N. K. Jemisin

Narrado por: Casaundra Freeman

After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning 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 with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably together.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"In the first book of Jemisin's richly detailed Inheritance trilogy, an outcast heroine must find a way to hold her own amid the treachery of her grandfather's court. I've got a special place in my heart for political intrigue, so this book was a delight through and through!"—Cassandra Clare

"THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS is the provocative and exciting debut novel by a writer whose work I hope to be reading for a long time to come."

—Kate Elliott, author of Shadow Gate

"In THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin has created a smart, passionate heroine and an extraordinary world. Marvelous work from a marvelous storyteller!"—Carol Berg, author of Breath and Bone

"Many books are good, some are great, but few are truly important. Add to this last category The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin's debut novel... This is the must-read fantasy of the year."—Booklist

Loved every aspect!

An original and complete story. The twists and turns are enjoyable throughout. And the story is restless in it's expansiveness. Freeman does a fantastic job at narration and brings life to each character and their respective intricacies.

Entertaining from start to finish

Excellent story by an excellent author, brought to life by a superb reader.

At no time does the story lag, no time was the feeling elicited for me to scan over bulky descriptions that weighed the story down.

Murder investigation during succession

N K Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a fantasy tale revolving around a young girl whose mother was murdered for unknown reasons. She is the granddaughter to the current ruler, but her mother abdicated her inheritance to marry a commoner from a distant land. She is now summoned to the Sky city to play a part in the succession ritual which she accepts partly out of duty, but also to investigate her mother's murder. In the Sky city, she must navigate the odd rituals of the ruling Arameri class as well as the tenuous relationship with gods and godlings who are under some measure of control, all while recognizing that her role in succession is to be the sacrificial lamb.

Jemisin crafts a complex origin tale for the gods, along with their semi-imprisonment by the Arameri. The gods and godlings are rather stereotypically constrained arbitrarily along with semantic confusion. At the same time, the Arameri have evolved a rather convoluted and confusing series of rituals that are whimsical at best. Finally, the home territory of Yeine displays a total role reversal for genders without any explanation for this state of affairs which seems at odds with the rest of the world. It's hard to envision how a technologically primitive society can survive when child bearing females are the ones dying in battles.

The narration is well done with a solid range of voices. Pacing is relaxed.

ahhhh Sooo good!

The whole story was so well thought out and the narrator was perfect. The ending tied everything up, I honestly wouldn't change a thing

Thoroughly Enjoyed This

I read The Broken Earth trilogy first, so I knew what to expect with NK's writing. What I didn't expect was Cassaundra's performance. Wow!!!
I'm starting the next book immediately! A very enjoyable story, with multilayered characters and a pretty solid plot.
DEFINITELY recommend.