Oree Shoth sees magic—and nothing else. She paints landscapes by touch and scent, and uses a staff to navigate Shadow, the city built at the roots of the giant tree whose branches cradle the palace of the all-powerful Arameri dynasty. When a derelict god shows up on a neighborhood muckheap Oree takes him under her wing, an act which entangles her in a cosmic feud thousands of years old. For the gods hold ancient grudges and commit horrific crimes, letting mortals suffer the consequences. Can innocence redeem them?

In The Broken Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin continues to dazzle us with the treacherous machinations of a pantheon of rivals—the fascinating, maddeningly self-centered deities introduced in the first book of her genre-redefining Inheritance Trilogy.