![]() ![]() However, they also have the almost unfathomable ability to cause earthquakes and volcanoes, and Orogenes are generally feared by bulk of ordinary humanity. ![]() These seasons are each unique in their horrific effects, but all result in an extended period of famine and misery for humans.įortunately, supernaturally gifted people known as Orogenes exist, who possess the power to suppress the random destructive geological events. Every few centuries, a particularly catastrophic event occurs that upends the climate, known as a Fifth Season. The world is a supercontinent known as the Stillness, a rather ironic term because it is geologically unstable and wracked with quite regular earthquakes and volcanoes. Jemisin crafts a completely novel world and story unlike anything else I’ve seen in the genre(s), and the books stayed with me long after I finished reading them.Īs quoted above, the first book literally begins with the end of the world. The trilogy is a masterpiece in fiction writing, an utterly unique blend of science fiction and fantasy. It begins with The Fifth Season (2015), continues with The Obelisk Gate (2016), and concludes with The Stone Sky (2017). So begins the beautiful, haunting, and apocalyptic Broken Earth Trilogy, written by N.K. Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things. ![]()
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