Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.0
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
77112
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
298
Points per Page
0.040268
Series
Beasts Made of Night
Description
Taj is a seventeen-year-old sin-eater, one of the mages indentured to the Guild, a powerful organization that profits by absolving the sins of the wealthy through consuming their spiritual impurities. When he is hired to eat the sin of a royal, he discovers a conspiracy that threatens everything he knows. The novel is set in a Nigerian-inspired fantasy world and is the first book in a duology.