The Fifth Season

By N.K. Jemisin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316229296
• ISBN13: 9780316229296
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Orbit
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommend this series!!

I won’t give too many spoilers, but if you need something a little “alternative timeline of humanity” that isn’t just another dystopian nihilistic slog, this is the series to get into. It’s plenty dark and by no means a utopian fantasy world.

My new favorite book of all time.

When I started reading this, I got chills because I immediately realized I was witnessing something special— genius. Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin…wow. I’m speechless.

Unique and so, so good

I was surprised to find that this was one of my favorite series I’ve read in a long, long time. This book has stuck with me. The world building was creative and unique and I really felt for the characters. It enthralled and delighted me. I couldn’t stop reading and was sad to reach the end of the series.

Such an amazing book.

I’ll be honest I was lost the first half of this book. The author doesn’t hold your hand for the world building and you are kept somewhat disoriented on purpose. When the book does click, it’s amazing. I can’t express enough how good this book is.

This book and its series are the best I’ve read in years. If there were ever made into a show, it wo

This book and its series are the best I’ve read in years. If there were ever made into a show, it would be up there with Game of Thrones in popularity.

Quite possibly the best book you’ll ever read.

Jemisin is such a great storyteller. I bought this back in January and it was sitting on the shelf for 3 months before I picked it up. I can’t believe I didn’t read it sooner. This is a book you will not want to put down. She pulls you in from the very beginning. I recommended this book to everyone I know. Get this book!! You won’t regret it.

I am left speechless

This is hands down the best book I have read in years. The authors has created characters who I have fallen in love with. This was a stunning read and has imprinted itself on me greatly.

impeccable

this book and this series will change your life. enjoy

Fifth Season is a masterpiece

This book is both sci-fi/fantasy as well as social justice poetry, all within a story arch that is nonlinear and breathtaking. It assumes what is human, while proving we can never take for granted that others share such beliefs.