Priests of the dream-goddess, their duty is to harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of its cobbled streets wait the Gatherers - the keepers of this peace. Rather than merely appropriating various details from Earth's past and present, Jemisin (the Inheritance Trilogy) has created a fully developed secondary world that is an organic whole. THE CITY BURNED BENEATH THE DREAMING MOON In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is the only law. As a hideous monster preys on the innocent, Ehiru's faith is tested in a crisis of world-shaking proportions. Devout and loyal, Ehiru is slow to accept that heretical evil lurks behind Gujaareh's unblemished facade only after encountering Sunandi, a foreign spy who is far less na ve about Gujaareh's "mad bitch" goddess and her unscrupulous worshippers, does Ehiru begin to glimpse the rot that extends up to the pinnacle of Gujaareh's social pyramid. In Gujaareh, a city-state reminiscent of ancient Egypt (though the differences far outnumber the similarities), dreams are the source of magic, and it is Gatherer Ehiru's job to collect the mystical life-giving dreamblood from the dying and those deemed too "corrupt" to live. Jemisin's gripping series launch immerses readers in an unfamiliar but enthralling world as well as a rousing political and supernatural adventure.
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