The Shadowed Sun
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The Shadowed Sun is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin that continues her Dreamblood duology with a richly imagined world, political intrigue, and explorations of power, faith, and healing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shadowed Sun canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6227797 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadowed Sun Context triple: [N. K. Jemisin, notableWork, The Shadowed Sun]
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A.
The Dark of the Sun
The Dark of the Sun is a 1965 adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set during the Congo Crisis, following mercenaries on a perilous mission through war-torn Central Africa.
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B.
Behind the Sun
"Behind the Sun" is a Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Salles that explores family honor, violence, and coming-of-age in the rural Northeast at the turn of the 20th century.
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C.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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D.
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow is the masked, romantic desert bandit alter ego of a French officer in the 1929 musical film "The Desert Song."
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E.
The Shadow Speaker
The Shadow Speaker is a young adult science fantasy novel by Nnedi Okorafor that blends futuristic technology with West African mythology in a coming-of-age story set in a post-apocalyptic Sahara.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadowed Sun Target entity description: The Shadowed Sun is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin that continues her Dreamblood duology with a richly imagined world, political intrigue, and explorations of power, faith, and healing.
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A.
The Dark of the Sun
The Dark of the Sun is a 1965 adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set during the Congo Crisis, following mercenaries on a perilous mission through war-torn Central Africa.
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B.
Behind the Sun
"Behind the Sun" is a Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Salles that explores family honor, violence, and coming-of-age in the rural Northeast at the turn of the 20th century.
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C.
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that follows humanity’s first deep-space expedition and its encounter with mysterious alien civilizations.
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D.
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow is the masked, romantic desert bandit alter ego of a French officer in the 1929 musical film "The Desert Song."
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E.
The Shadow Speaker
The Shadow Speaker is a young adult science fantasy novel by Nnedi Okorafor that blends futuristic technology with West African mythology in a coming-of-age story set in a post-apocalyptic Sahara.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fantasy novel ⓘ |
| author | N. K. Jemisin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Cliff Nielsen ⓘ |
| genre |
epic fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780316187282 ⓘ |
| hasSequel | no ⓘ |
| isStandaloneWithinSeries | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex political dynamics
ⓘ
exploration of religion and faith ⓘ richly imagined worldbuilding ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Dreamblood duology
ⓘ
linked to:
The Dreamblood Duology
|
| precededBy | The Killing Moon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Orbit Books ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Orbit ⓘ |
| series | Dreamblood ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| settingType | secondary world ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
healing ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ power ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadowed Sun Description of subject: The Shadowed Sun is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin that continues her Dreamblood duology with a richly imagined world, political intrigue, and explorations of power, faith, and healing.
Referenced by (4)
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