The Fifth Season

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N. K. Jemisin

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times)This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. Read the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Dark Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

Magic

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Author

N. K. Jemisin

Pages

512

Publisher

Orbit

Published Date

2015-08-04

ISBN

031622930X 9780316229302

Ratings

Google: 4

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"A grim exploration of a civilization raised in a particularly brutal world."

Calum Clark

"What a wonderfully intricate and imaginative story. Immersed in this from the beginning, even while learning a new world. As soon as I finished, immediately went out and bought the other two books in the series. Recommend!!"

Jackie Davidson

"Wildly imaginative world building"

Diane Morello

"World-building extraordinaire, characters have powers and frailties I have never seen before"

Diane Morello

"3.5/5 Creative story telling. Part of the story is written in 2nd person which was beautifully done and refreshing. However, lots of unnecessary vulgarity. "

Olivia Denning

"There are a few explicit scenes in this book- there’s one that the fmc agrees to have s*x as that’s been assigned to her to uphold this society, but putting pressure on her. So it’s really not consensual due to the pressure and expectations put on her to make that decision. There’s a poly love scene later on in the book. Besides that, the rest of the book and the series has no romance, no more scenes like that, and has more of a friendship and platonic soulmates focus. "

Abby

"I kept putting off more N.K. Jemison because I had a really hard time getting into the Thousand Kingdoms or whateverone (need to give it another try), but I absolutely devoured this book! I immediately went out to buy the rest of the series and I am looking forward to it! "

Elise Meyers

"world building, character building, plot! jemisin knocked it out of the part with this one for me again, i cannot wait to read the next two. seriously this book was unlike anything i have read before!"