NK Jemisin “The
Inheritance Trilogy Omnibus” (Orbit, 2014)
I can name three new writers who have published major
trilogies in the last decade or so. In each case, the originality and high
quality of both the ideas and the writing are indicators that these women are
to be taken seriously as writers in the field.
We will be reading their books for years to come.
One of those writers is NK Jemisin, and now you have the
opportunity to get her trilogy in a single handy volume. (With an additional novella!)
Jemisin has given us a richly detailed world where gods walk
alongside mortals. This is unlike any
fantasy that you have ever read. There
is no chosen one, no quest to find or destroy magical objects. This is a story about tyranny, freedom,
colonialism, religion, power, romance, sex.
If you don’t like fantasy because it all seems to be the
same, this is for you. If you love
fantasy because of the strange worlds you can explore, then this is for you.
This is one of the major genre works of this millennium. If
you are a fan of the genre, then you need to read these books. It’s just that simple.
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