Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze - the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years - collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. "Brilliant.gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists.Three terrible things happen in a single day. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!"- Martha Wells "This is an intense, exciting novel, where survival is always on the line, set in a fascinating, original and dangerous world with an intriguing mystery at the heart of it. It is a novel that demands much of its readers it rewards them aplenty and is one of those novels that becomes more powerful after deep consideration and subsequent readings."- SFF World "The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak. is a master at what she does."- RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!) "Jemisin might just be the best world builder out there right now.
"A must-buy.breaks uncharted ground."- Library Journal (starred review) "Jemisin's graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world."- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Jemisin maintains a gripping voice and an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting, but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come."- NPR Books Jemisin's work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy."- Guardian " an ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn't become apparent till toward the end of the novel. "Intricate and extraordinary."- The New York Times The Broken Earth The Fifth Season The Obelisk Gate Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon.
It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. This is the way the world ends.for the last time. WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2016 New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015)
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