The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms / Jemisin, N. K

After the mysterious death of her mother, Yeine Darr is summoned to the city of Sky where she learns she is an heiress to the king. However, she quickly discovers that this throne and the power it holds will not easily be taken from those looking to claim it any cost.

Yeine Darr, an outcast from the barbarian north, becomes trapped in a dangerous power struggle when she is summoned to the city of Sky after her mother's death and named an heiress to the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.