<p><b><br><font>The debut novel from the triple Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin, author of <i>The Fifth Season</font><br></i><br>***WINNER of the Locus Award for Best First Novel***<br>***WINNER of the RT Reviewer''s Choice Award***<br>***Shortlisted for the Tiptree, the Crawford, the Nebula, the Hugo, the World Fantasy, the David Gemmell and the Goodreads Readers'' Choice Awards***</b><br><br>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 - a palace above the clouds where gods'' and mortals'' lives are intertwined. <br>There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs 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 a pair of 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 histo