{"id":30006,"date":"2015-09-12T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=30006"},"modified":"2015-09-06T19:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T07:36:46","slug":"just-arrived-the-killing-moon-book-one-of-the-dreamblood-by-nk-jemisin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/09\/12\/just-arrived-the-killing-moon-book-one-of-the-dreamblood-by-nk-jemisin\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Arrived: &#8220;The Killing Moon&#8221; (Book One Of The Dreamblood) by NK Jemisin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/09\/11\/just-arrived-the-killing-moon-book-one-of-the-dreamblood-by-nk-jemisin\/the-killing-moon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30007\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30007\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-Killing-Moon-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Killing Moon\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-Killing-Moon-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-Killing-Moon-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/The-Killing-Moon.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>I have been looking forward to reading <strong><em>The Killing Moon<\/em><\/strong> for quite some time \u2014 mainly because so many people have raved about it to me.<\/p>\n<p>And as you know, I enjoyed NK Jemisin&#8217;s debut, <strong><em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/em><\/strong>, way back in 2011 when it was nominated for Just About Everything. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>To refresh your recall to &#8216;then&#8217;, here&#8217;s the link:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/hugo-awards-reading-report-1-the-novels-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms-by-nk-jemisin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Awards Reading Report 1: The Novels\u2014\u201cThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms\u201d by NK Jemisin<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>So now onwards to the new series, but in the meantime &#8212; for those of you who, like me, havena yet read it &#8212; here&#8217;s what the back cover blurb of <strong><em>The Killing Moon<\/em><\/strong> has to say:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><span id=\"freeTextContainer5473485237145242605\">&#8220;In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of its cobbled streets wait the Gatherers &#8211; the keepers of this peace. Priests of the dream-goddess, their duty is to <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/reading-for-the-hugo-awards-the-ballot-is-in\/hundred-thousand-kingdoms-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7124\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms.jpg\" alt=\"Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms.jpg 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Hundred-Thousand-Kingdoms-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe &#8230; and kill those judged corrupt.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>But when a <span id=\"freeText14587914310611342342\">conspiracy blooms within Gujaareh&#8217;s great temple, Ehiru &#8211; the most famous of the city&#8217;s Gatherers &#8211; must question everything he knows. Someone, or something, is murdering dreamers in the goddess&#8217; name, stalking its prey both in Gujaareh&#8217;s alleys and the realm of dreams. Ehiru must now protect the woman he was sent to kill &#8211; or watch the city be devoured by war and forbidden magic<strong>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sounds alright&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been looking forward to reading The Killing Moon for quite some time \u2014 mainly because so many people have raved about it to me. And as you know, I enjoyed NK Jemisin&#8217;s debut, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, way back in 2011 when it was nominated for Just About Everything. \ud83d\ude09 To refresh your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-justarrived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30011,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30006\/revisions\/30011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}