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The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin ()

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesThe Broken Earth #
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Death of ChildMurderKidnappingBetrayalViolenceGriefOppressionSlaveryGenocide

Positive tags

SurvivalSelf-DiscoveryRedemption Arc

Tropes

Post-ApocalypticDystopiaHostile PlanetClimate FictionReluctant HeroFound FamilyMorally Gray ХараprotagonistPsionics

Themes

Power and CorruptionSurvivalGrief and LossTrust and BetrayalIdentitySystemic InjusticeEnvironmental Catastrophe

Synopsis

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.

Tags

Literary FictionEpic FantasyDystopianClimate Fiction