{"id":2863,"date":"2010-01-28T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2010-01-28T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:52:04","slug":"free-readin-chapter-three-of-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms-by-nk-jemisin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/news\/free-readin-chapter-three-of-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms-by-nk-jemisin\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin’ | Chapter Three of ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’ by NK Jemisin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week, we got an early look at the first two chapters of N.K. Jemisin<\/a>‘s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/strong>, a debut novel from Orbit Books<\/a> that is raking in positive reviews<\/a>. This week brings us the third, and final, sample chapter.<\/p>\n

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Should I pause to explain? It is poor storytelling. But I must remember everything, remember and remember and remember, to keep a tight grip on it. So many bits of myself have escaped already.<\/p>\n

So.<\/p>\n

There were once three gods. The one who matters killed one of the ones who didn\u2019t and cast the other into a hellish prison. The walls of this prison were blood and bone; the barred windows were eyes; the punishments included sleep and pain and hunger and all the other incessant demands of mortal flesh. Then this creature, trapped in his tangible vessel, was given to the Arameri for safekeeping, along with three of his godly children. After the horror of incarnation, what difference could mere slavery make?<\/p>\n

As a little girl, I learned from the priests of Bright Itempas that this fallen god was pure evil. In the time of the Three, his followers had been a dark, savage cult devoted to violent midnight revels, worshiping madness as a sacrament. If that one had won the war between the gods, the priests intoned direly, mortalkind would probably no longer exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo be good,\u201d the priests would add, \u201cor the Nightlord will get you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My anticipation for this novel builds. Chapter Three of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/strong> can be read HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, we got an early look at the first two chapters of N.K. Jemisin‘s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, a debut novel from Orbit Books that is raking in positive reviews. This week brings us the third, and final, sample chapter. Should I pause to explain? It is poor storytelling. But I must remember everything,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n