The Fifth Season
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Jemisin, N. K. |
| Series: | The Broken Earth |
| Subject: | FICTION / Action & Adventure |
| FICTION / Dystopian | |
| FICTION / Fantasy / Epic | |
| FICTION / Fantasy / General | |
| Audience: | general/trade |
| Publisher: | Orbit |
| Published: | August 2015 |
| Format: | Book-paperback |
| Pages: | 512 |
| Size: | 8.25in x 5.50in x 1.50in |
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| From The Publisher* | Intricate and extraordinary. - New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2016 This is the way the world ends...for the last time. A season of endings has begun. 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. 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 |
| Review Quote* | "Intricate and extraordinary."-The New York Times |
| Review Quote* | "[The Fifth Season is] 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. ... Jemisin's work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy."-Guardian |
| Review Quote* | "Astounding... 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 |
| Review Quote* | "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) |
| Review Quote* | "A must-buy...breaks uncharted ground."-Library Journal (starred review) |
| Review Quote* | "Jemisin might just be the best world builder out there right now.... [She] is a master at what she does."-RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!) |
| Review Quote* | "The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak.... 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 |
| Review Quote* | "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. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!"-Martha Wells |
| Review Quote* | "Brilliant...gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists."-Washington Post |