The Broken Kingdoms

 

                     
The Broken Kingdoms

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Title
The Broken Kingdoms
Author N. K. Jemisin
Genre Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description

The Broken Kingdoms is the second novel in The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin. Set a decade after the events of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the novel follows Oree Shoth, a blind artist living at the margins of a city still reshaped by the fallout of divine conflict. When Oree becomes entangled with gods, demons, and dangerous secrets from the past, she is drawn into a struggle that questions freedom, devotion, and the lasting cost of power. The book is noted for its intimate character focus, emotional depth, and subversion of epic fantasy conventions.

About Author

N. K. Jemisin is an American author widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in modern Science Fiction and Fantasy. She first gained major recognition with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), the opening novel of her debut trilogy. Jemisin achieved historic acclaim with The Broken Earth trilogy (2015–2017), becoming the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel three years in a row—once for each book in the series.

Jemisin’s work is known for its ambitious worldbuilding, complex characters, and incisive examinations of power, oppression, race, and identity. Blending speculative concepts with deeply human stories, she has helped redefine genre fiction by centering marginalized perspectives and challenging traditional narrative structures. In addition to novels, Jemisin has written short fiction, essays, and comics, and remains a prominent advocate for diversity and equity within speculative literature.

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