The Story Of Us

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)."In the first volume of a trilogy, a fresh cataclysm besets a physically unstable world whose ruling society oppresses its most magically powerful inhabitants... Beneath the story’s fantastic trappings are incredibly real people who undergo intense, sadly believable pain. With every new work, Jemisin’s ability to build worlds and break hearts only grows." - Kirkus ReviewsThis 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. "One of the book's big strengths, and big surprises, is the secret that its multiple point-of-view characters keep. It's a smart demonstration of structure and suspense on Jemisin's part, but it's also a sophisticated metaphor for the essence of the Stillness, a mystifying flux of geography and society that no collection of glossary entries can fully define... With The Fifth Season, Jemisin brilliantly illustrates the belief that, yes, imaginative world-building is a vital element of fantasy — but also that every character is a world unto herself." - Jason Heller, NPR Winner Of The 2016 Hugo Award For Best Novel Book 1 In The Double Hugo-award-winning Trilogy *a New York Times Notable Book* *shortlisted For The World Fantasy, Nebula, Kitschies, Audie And Locus Awards* *the Inaugural Wired.com Book Club Pick* This Is The Way The World Ends . . . For The Last Time. It Starts With The Great Red Rift Across The Heart Of The World, 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. 'astounding' Npr 'amazing' Ann Leckie 'breaks Uncharted Ground' Library Journal 'powerful' Io9 'elegiac, Complex, And Intriguing' Publishers Weekly 'intricate And Extraordinary' New York Times 'brilliant' Washington Post The Broken Earth Trilogy Is Complete - Beginning With The Fifth Season, Continuing In The Obelisk Gate (winner Of The 2017 Hugo Award For Best Novel) And Concluding With The Stone Sky (shortlisted For The 2018 Hugo Award For Best Novel). [Volume 1: The fifth season] : 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 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. Paperback, 468 pages Published: 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2016) The Guardian's Best Books Since 2000 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. A new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin. Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2015) Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2016) [Volume 3: The stone sky] : THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe. For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed. The remarkable conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed trilogy that began with the multi-award-nominated The Fifth Season You Are Here You, At the End Damaya, in Winters Past You're On Your Way Syenite, Cut and Polished You're Not Alone Damaya, Grinding to a Halt You Plus One is Two Syenite on the Highroad None Syenite Among the Enemy You Walk Beside the Beast Damaya at the Fulcrum of It All Syenite Finds a New Toy You're on the Trail Syenite Breaks Her Toys You're Among Friends Syen in the Hidden Land Damaya, in Finality You Discover Wonders Down Below Syenite on the Lookout None Syenite, Stretched and Snapped Back You're Getting the Band Back Together Syenite, Fractured You're All You Need None None None None None None None [Volume 2: The obelisk gate] : The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring -- madman, world-crusher, savior -- has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever. It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy. It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last. The Stillness is the wall which stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall. And it will not be broken **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 familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. This description comes from the publisher.