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The Fifth Season

#1 Broken Earth

N. K. Jemisin

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English
Orbit Books
26 July 2016
Series: Broken Earth
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.
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Imprint:   Orbit Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 126mm,  Spine: 38mm
Weight:   349g
ISBN:   9780356508191
ISBN 10:   0356508196
Series:   Broken Earth
Pages:   512
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author whose short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo, the World Fantasy Award, and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award. Her website is nkjemisin.com and she tweets at @nkjemisin.

Reviews for The Fifth Season (#1 Broken Earth)

Intricate and extraordinary - New York Times Brilliant . . . gorgeous writing and unexpected plot twists - Washington Post 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 A must-buy . . . breaks uncharted ground - Library Journal (starred review) 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


  • Short-listed for Hugo Award Best Novel category 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Nebula Awards in the Novel category 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for The Kitschies Red Tentacle 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for World Fantasy Awards 2016 (UK)
  • Shortlisted for Hugo Award: Novel Category 2016.
  • Shortlisted for Kitschies: Red Tentacle 2016.
  • Shortlisted for SFWA Nebula Award Novel Category 2016.
  • Winner of Hugo Award: Novel Category 2016.

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