N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season 2016 Orbit 2016

Synopsis

<p><b>Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel</b><br> <b>Book 1 in the record-breaking triple Hugo-Award-winning trilogy</b><br> <br> ***A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book***<br> ***Shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Kitschies, Audie and Locus Awards***<br> ***The inaugural <i>Wired.com</i> book club pick***</p> <p><b>THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS . . . FOR THE LAST TIME.</b><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> IT STARTS WITH DEATH, with a murdered son and a missing daughter.<br> IT STARTS WITH BETRAYAL, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester.<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.</p> <p><b>'Astounding'</b> <i>NPR</i><br> <b>'Amazing'</b> <i>Ann Leckie</i><br> <b>'Breaks uncharted ground'</b> <i>Library Journal</i><br> <b>'Powerful'</b> <i>io9</i><br> <b>'Elegiac, complex, and intriguing'</b> <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <b>'Intricate and extraordinary</b><i><b>'</b></i> <i>New York Times</i><br> <b>'Brilliant'</b> <i>Washington Post</i><br> <br> The Broken Earth trilogy is complete - beginning with <i><b>The Fifth Season</b></i>, continuing in <i><b>The Obelisk Gate</b></i> (Winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel) and concluding with <b><i>The Stone Sky</i></b> (Winner of the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel and 2018 Nebula Award).</p>