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The Shadowed Sun

by N. K. Jemisin

A city caught between occupation and nightmares

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    Three-time Hugo Award winner

    The author is described as a three-time Hugo Award winner.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A city caught between occupation and nightmares

Gujaareh’s transformation from a city governed by peace into one under imperial control gives the novel two intertwined sources of conflict: political oppression and a deadly plague carried through dreams. The resistance centers on two figures outside the established order—a woman admitted to the dream goddess’s priesthood and a prince in exile. Their efforts connect the struggle over Gujaareh’s rule with the mystery behind its killing dreams, bringing political upheaval and dream-centered fantasy together in the conclusion to the Dreamblood Duology.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in epic fantasy shaped by imperial occupation and resistance.
  • Those drawn to stories that combine political conflict with supernatural threats tied to dreams.
  • Readers who want a concluding installment in the Dreamblood Duology.

Themes

Imperial rule and resistancePeace, violence, and social upheavalDreams and nightmaresOutcasts and belonging

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Book overview

In the final book of NYT bestselling and three time Hugo-Award winning author N. K. Jemisin's Dreamblood Duology, a priestess and an exiled prince must join together to free the city of dreams from imperial rule.

Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep. Trapped between dark dreams and cruel overlords, the people yearn to rise up -- but Gujaareh has known peace for too long.

Someone must show them the way.

Hope lies with two outcasts: the first woman ever allowed to join the dream goddess' priesthood and an exiled prince who longs to reclaim his birthright. Together, they must resist the Kisuati occupation and uncover the source of the killing dreams. . . before Gujaareh is lost forever.
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