Book description
For two thousand years the Arameri family has ruled the world by
enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Now the gods are free,
and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they are all that
stands between peace and world-spanning, unending war. Shahar, last
scion of the family, must choose her loyalties. She yearns to trust
Sieh, the godling she loves. Yet her duty as Arameri heir is to uphold
the family's interests, even if that means using and destroying everyone
she cares for. As long-suppressed rage and terrible new magics consume
the world, the Maelstrom - which even gods fear - is summoned forth.
Shahar and Sieh: mortal and god, lovers and enemies. Can they stand
together against the chaos that threatens the kingdom of gods? N. K.
Jemisin is a career counselor, political blogger and would-be gourmand
living in New York City. She's been writing since the age of ten,
although her early works will never see the light of day.
