The Baseline Awards are picked at random. They are partly an experiment to see how other literary awards (fan-voted, juried) perform against a control.
Congratulations to Jenn Lyons, who has the dubious honour of receiving this year's Baseline Award for her novel The Discord of Gods.
The Discord of Gods marks the epic conclusion to Jenn Lyons's Chorus of Dragon series, closing out the saga that began with The Ruin of Kings, for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss.
The end times have come.
Relos Var's final plans to enslave the universe are on the cusp of fruition. He believes there's only one being in existence that might be able to stop him: the demon Xaltorath.
As these two masterminds circle each other, neither is paying attention to the third player on the board, Kihrin. Unfortunately, keeping himself classified in the "pawn" category means Kihrin must pretend to be everything the prophecies threatened he'd become: the destroyer of all, the sun eater, a mindless, remorseless plague upon the land. It also means finding an excuse to not destroy the people he loves (or any of the remaining Immortals) without arousing suspicion ...
First runner-up: Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Second runner-up: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill