Chat Transcript for N.K. Jemisin

N.K. Jemisin joined us in the TKA chat room last Thursday to talk about her Inheritance Trilogy novels, which include THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, THE BROKEN KINGDOMS, and the upcoming THE KINGDOM OF THE GODS. We had an awesome time talking about her series, writing habits and giving away books! Click here for the chat transcript.

Chat Online with N.K. Jemisin TONIGHT @ 9pm ET -- Pub Convo and Prizes!

It's only 9am here, but we've already got our evening planned out. Tonight we'll be hosting the fabulous N.K. Jemisin in The Knight Agency chat room. N.K.'s books have received major accolades from the fantasy community, and she's also picked up a few nominations from Romantic Times and made the Best of 2010 book lists for both Amazon and Publishers Weekly. Not too shabby.

If you unfamiliar with N.K.'s books,  I'm sorry to report you're behind the curve. Luckily there's a way to catch up fairly quickly. Check out the interview she recently did in our newsletter, or read the excerpts on her website of THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS and THE BROKEN KINGDOMS. (Hint: This research will be super helpful in the chat tonight when I'm throwing out trivia questions for several awesome giveaways.)

So, we're all set, right? See you there.

WHAT: Chat with N.K. Jemisin
WHEN: Thursday, November 18th at 9pm ET
WHERE: The Knight Agency Chat Room, http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545

HOW TO CHAT: Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.

Chat with One of PW and Amazon's Best of 2010 Authors N.K. Jemisin This Thursday!

This Thursday @ 9pm ET we're featuring N.K. Jemisin, author of THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS and THE BROKEN KINGDOMS in TKA's chat room. N.K. was recently included on Publishers Weekly's Best of 2010 for both her debut and sophomore titles in The Inheritance Trilogy, and THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS was picked for the #5 spot on Amazon's Best of 2010 list for Sci-Fi/Fantasy. The author was also nominated for Romantic Times BookLOVERS awards in the fantasy and epic fantasy categories.

Don't miss out on a chance to talk to this amazing author and win books from her highly acclaimed series!

To learn more about N.K. Jemisin, visit www.NKJemisin.com.

WHAT: Chat with N.K. Jemisin
WHEN: Thursday, November 18th at 9pm ET
WHERE: The Knight Agency Chat Room, http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545

HOW TO CHAT: Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.

The 411 on THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS: Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky, seat of the ruling Arameri family. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother’s death and her family’s bloody history.

The 411 on THE BROKEN KINGDOMS: In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it...

TKA Serials: N.K. Jemisin Part Two

UPDATE: THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS is on Publishers Weekly's 2010 Best of List for Sci-Fi/Fantasy! Congrats N.K.!

Last week we posted the first chapter of N.K. Jemisin's THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS. This week we will continue with the second chapter.

Since our last post, the second book in N.K.'s critically acclaimed Inheritance Trilogy, THE BROKEN KINGDOMS, was made the November feature on the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy discussion board; she scooped up two RT nominations for THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS and THE BROKEN KINGDOMS, respectively in the Epic Fantasy Novel and Fantasy Novel categories; THE BROKEN KINGDOMS made Borderlands October Bestseller list at #7 in the paperbacks category; and finally, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS was chosen as #5 on Amazon's Best of Sci-Fi/Fantasy List for 2010. Whew! That's a lot of excitement for one week!

So, now's the time to find out what all the buzz is about. Read below for the second installment of THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS. Also, don't forget N.K. will be our featured guest author in the Knight Agency chat room next Thursday (11/18) at 9pm ET!!!

Next on TKA Serials -- Maria Geraci, author of THE BOYFRIEND OF THE MONTH CLUB (11/29)
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THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, Sample Chapter 2 (missed Chap 1? Click here.)

The capital of my land is called Arrebaia. It is a place of ancient stone, its walls overgrown by vines and guarded by beasts that do not exist. We have forgotten when it was founded, but it has been the capital for at least two thousand years. People there walk slowly and speak softly, out of respect for the generations that have trodden those streets before, or perhaps just because they do not feel like being loud.

Sky — the city, I mean — is only five hundred years old, built when some disaster befell the previous Arameri seat. This makes it an adolescent as cities go — and a rude, uncouth one at that. As my carriage rode through the city’s center, other carriages went past in a clatter of wheels and horseshoes. People covered every sidewalk, bumping and milling and bustling, not talking. They all seemed in a hurry. The air was thick with familiar smells like horses and stagnant water amid indefinable scents, some acrid and some sickly-sweet. There was nothing green in sight.

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