Dreamblood

N. K. Jemisin

In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh, peace is enforced by Gatherers—servants of the dream-goddess who enter sleeping minds to heal, comfort, and deliver sanctioned death. Ehiru, the city’s most revered Gatherer, is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy when dreamers begin dying through forbidden means and the temple’s authority is called into question. Forced to protect a woman marked for death, he must navigate treacherous politics, divine power, and the shadowed realm of dreams before violence consumes the city. Richly imagined and morally complex, this atmospheric fantasy explores faith, power, mercy, and the perilous boundary between healing and control.

N. K. Jemisin

Gujaareh, once renowned as a city of peace and healing dreams, now suffers beneath foreign occupation, political oppression, and a terrifying plague that kills its victims in their sleep. As unrest grows, two unlikely allies—a pioneering priestess and an exiled prince—must confront their own divided loyalties while seeking the truth behind the deadly nightmares. Their struggle brings together questions of faith, power, identity, resistance, and the cost of reclaiming a fractured homeland. Richly imagined and emotionally complex, this fantasy novel combines intricate world-building with a tense story of revolution and redemption.