The Fifth Season
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4.5 • 30 Ratings
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- $30.99
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- $30.99
Publisher Description
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.
For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:
The Inheritance Trilogy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
The Broken Kingdoms
The Kingdom of Gods
The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition)
Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction)
The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella)
Dreamblood Duology
The Killing Moon
The Shadowed Sun
The Broken EarthThe Fifth SeasonThe Obelisk Gate
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Set in a dystopian world where people believe the earth itself actually hates them, the first book in N. K. Jemisin’s tough and exciting Broken Earth trilogy isn’t your typical postapocalyptic tale. A cataclysmic event known as the Fifth Season brings world-changing destruction every few centuries, and it’s already begun to make its latest appearance. Amid the chaos and wreckage, three women—Essun, Damaya, and Syenite—fight for survival. What bonds them is that they’re all orogenes—outcasts who can control natural phenomena like frosts and earthquakes. We were all in on Jemisin’s weird and creative world-building. From the fallen empires that make up Jemisin’s mythology to the unjust caste system that makes orogenes despised by society, this brutal universe manages to be both terrifying and strangely relatable. The book’s three heroines are awe-inspiring characters, and narrator Robin Miles gives them each an unmistakably distinct voice. The Fifth Season is a spellbinding listen.
Customer Reviews
Refreshing and Breathtaking
It has been a while since a fantasy novel has left me speechless. Don’t get me wrong: I love fantasy, and I love all the writers that contribute to its canon. This, however...this is something else entirely. This is something game changing. I suppose I’m not so speechless after all: just ecstatic to have finally found this series. Also, the voice actor does an incredible job!