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The Fifth Season explores a planet besieged by unprecedented geological disasters, beginning with the Great Red Rift that hurls ash across the only continent and obscures the sun. Amid the chaos, a town is riven by the murder of a son, the disappearance of a daughter, and deep‑rooted betrayals that inflame ancient wounds. In Stillness—an area perpetually familiar with cataclysm—the force of the earth is harnessed as a lethal weapon, and survival demands ruthless pragmatism. The novel plunges readers into a society where family ties, especially those between mothers and daughters, are tested by kidnapping, loss, and the looming end of the world.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: N. K. Jemisin
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