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The Broken Kingdoms
432 pages
A sensory, mythic mystery where the divine and the mortal bleed together in the shadows of a fallen city.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like walking through a bustling, shadowed city where myth bleeds into the mundane. The narrative unfolds at a steady, deliberate pace, drawing you into an intimate, sensory-rich world experienced through a uniquely perceptive lens. It is a story steeped in a shadowy, mythic mood, balancing the quiet, tactile moments of an artist's life with the terrifying, awe-inspiring presence of gods walking among mortals. The prose is lyrical and deeply grounded, making the magic feel both wondrous and dangerous. It delights readers who love their epic fantasy scaled down to a deeply personal level, offering an emotional journey that begins with a simple act of compassion and spirals into a heartbreaking, world-altering confrontation with the divine.
- Mood
- shadowy
- mythic
- intimate
- tense
- Tone
- introspective
- earnest
- reverent
- resilient
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- the burden of divinity · seeing beyond the surface · mortal and divine intersection · the cost of compassion · art and perception
- The writing
- Lyrical and deeply sensory, anchoring sweeping mythic concepts in the tactile, everyday reality of a unique protagonist.
- The arc
- Moves from a quiet, intimate mystery of survival into a sweeping, heartbreaking confrontation with divine forces.
- Who it's for
- Fans of character-driven fantasy who crave rich, sensory worldbuilding and stories where ordinary people tangle with messy, flawed gods.
Content notes
- murder
- violence
- body horror
- gore
- trauma
About the book
"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 ebgulfs 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..."
Description from Open Library.
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