The Killing Moon
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The Killing Moon is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin set in a dream-powered, ancient Egypt–inspired city where priest-assassins harvest magic from sleepers to maintain social order.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Killing Moon canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fantasy novel ⓘ |
| author | N. K. Jemisin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Nebula Award for Best Novel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
dream-magic
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harvesting magic from sleepers ⓘ priest-assassins ⓘ |
| containsElement |
assassination
ⓘ
city-state politics ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Shadowed Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epic fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtStyle | fantasy illustration ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780316187282 ⓘ |
| intendedAs | first book of the Dreamblood duology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySetting | Gujaareh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magicSystem | dreamblood ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ehiru
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nijiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunandi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
dark
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serious ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dreamblood duology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Hetawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | Gatherer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orbit Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionInFiction | worship of the dream-god Hananja ⓘ |
| series | Dreamblood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingInspiredBy | ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | sword and sorcery ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
duty and sacrifice
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faith and morality ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ social order and control ⓘ |
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