Date Read: April 22
Author: NK Jemisin
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 5/5
Gatherers are keepers of the peace, able to enter the dreams of the corrupt and painlessly kill them while collecting dreamblood, a magical substance which keeps their society running. When Ehiru, one of the Gatherers, discovers that there is corruption within the system, he must try and save his city before it’s too late. Jemisin’s worldbuilding is excellent, and while reading it often felt like a city out of a dream.
True peace requires the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.
– The Killing Moon
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