The Merciless Ones delves deeper into this society.
However, this is not a sequel you can pick up without having read the first book, so get your hands on The Gilded Ones. I was immediately transported back to Otera. Namina Forna’s world-building is wonderfully vivid, complex, and captivating. Now, the patriarchal, imperial society is more dangerous for women and girls than ever, as sinister whispers of a new god, a male god, begin to surface. For centuries, emperors and priests have ruled the lands, and women and girls have lived as second-class citizens, while the goddesses have been shackled and rendered powerless. We reencounter Deka and her female warrior friends on a mission to raise the four mother goddesses back to their rightful position of power. Having read the first book, The Gilded Ones, in this two-part series (and I believe a third is on the way), I was excited about returning to the fantasy land of Otera.
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