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The Broken Kingdoms

N. K. Jemisin (2010)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages397 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.14/5 (39619)

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Morally Gray Protagonist

Synopsis

"In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness ebgulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it..."

Tags

Urban FantasyMysteryNoirMythic Fantasy