Jemisin, N. K.,
The fifth season : [Every age must come to an end] / N.K. Jemisin. - First edition. - 498 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm. - The broken earth ; [bk. 1] . - Jemisin, N. K. Broken earth ; bk. 1. . - Broken earth ; bk. one. .
Subtitle from cover.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent, a great red rift has been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries. But this is the Stillness, a land long familiar with struggle, and where orogenes--those who wield the power of the earth as a weapon--are feared far more than the long cold night. Essun has remembered herself, and she will have her daughter back. She does not care if the world falls apart around her. Essun will break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.
New October 2017.
Hugo Awards (science fiction) - Best Fiction Winner, 2016.
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Earthquake zones--Fiction.
End of the world--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Parental kidnapping--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.
The fifth season : [Every age must come to an end] / N.K. Jemisin. - First edition. - 498 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm. - The broken earth ; [bk. 1] . - Jemisin, N. K. Broken earth ; bk. 1. . - Broken earth ; bk. one. .
Subtitle from cover.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent, a great red rift has been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries. But this is the Stillness, a land long familiar with struggle, and where orogenes--those who wield the power of the earth as a weapon--are feared far more than the long cold night. Essun has remembered herself, and she will have her daughter back. She does not care if the world falls apart around her. Essun will break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.
New October 2017.
Hugo Awards (science fiction) - Best Fiction Winner, 2016.
9780316229296 $15.99 0316229296 $15.99 9780356508191 0356508196
40025128533
BRO-copy20151009-147
2015002138
Earthquake zones--Fiction.
End of the world--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Parental kidnapping--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.