The Killing Moon

De: N. K. Jemisin

Narrado por: Sarah Zimmerman

Assassin priests, mad kings, and the goddess of death collide in the first book of the Dreamblood Duology by NYT bestselling and three time Hugo-Award winning author N. K. Jemisin.

The city burned beneath the Dreaming Moon.

In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of its cobbled streets wait the Gatherers -- the keepers of this peace. Priests of the dream-goddess, their duty is to harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe . . . and kill those judged corrupt.

But when a conspiracy blooms within Gujaareh's great temple, Ehiru -- the most famous of the city's Gatherers -- must question everything he knows. Someone, or something, is murdering dreamers in the goddess' name, stalking its prey both in Gujaareh's alleys and the realm of dreams. Ehiru must now protect the woman he was sent to kill -- or watch the city be devoured by war and forbidden magic.

Difficult call...

I almost want to give this book four stars, if only so I'm not equivalizing its quality with book 2, which exceeds it in every way. However, this novel is still really, really good in its own right :)

good story but very slow start

I liked this book BUT it took until circa chapter 13 before it really got interesting. This is not of the caliber/quality of the Broken Earth trilogy nor the Inheritance Trilogy, but it was ultimately good. I am semi-curious about the others in this series but am not rushing to purchase like I was on the other two series.

death as a gift

A powerful, deeply imaginative fantasy novel about death: the horror of it, and the peace

interesting storyline

it plays around the edges of homosexuality. Which would have been a nice heads up when you playing for storytime.

Beautiful story

I enjoyed this story , don’t be intimidated about trying to remember the names and places it will come along as the story unwinds. I just caught on to this author and I’m obsessed with her work. I love the poetic style and the way she weaves in meaning and things to think about.