The Fifth Season

"Intricate and extraordinary." - <i>New York Times </i>on<i> The Fifth Season </i>(A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of 2015)<br><br> <b>WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2016</b><b><br></b><br><b><i>This is the way the world ends...for the last time.</i></b><b><i><br></i></b> A season of endings has begun. <br><br> It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. <br><br> It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. <br><br> It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. <br><br> 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. <br> <br><br> For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:<br><br> <b>The Inheritance Trilogy </b><br> <i>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms</i><br> <i>The Broken Kingdoms</i><br> <i>The Kingdom of Gods</i><br><br> <i>The Inheritance Trilogy </i>(omnibus edition) <br> <i>Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych</i> (e-only short fiction) <br> <i>The Awakened Kingdom </i>(e-only novella) <br><br> <b>Dreamblood Duology</b><br> <i>The Killing Moon</i><br> <i>The Shadowed Sun</i><br> <i><br></i><b>The Broken Earth</b><i>The Fifth Season</i><i>The Obelisk Gate</i>