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.
“Intricate and extraordinary.” – The New York Times
“[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
“With every new work, Jemisin`s ability to build worlds and break hearts only grows.”- Kirkus (starred review)
“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
“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)
“A must-buy…breaks uncharted ground.”- Library Journal (starred review)
“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!)
“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
“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
“[A]ngrily, beautifully apocalyptic.”- B&N.com
“Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected, and technically virtuosic, The Fifth Season is a tour-de-force. I felt every shock–and the book is packed with them–in my marrow. It`s no exaggeration to say that Jemisin expands the range of what great fantasy can be.”- Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor`s Blades
