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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel Book 1 in the
record-breaking triple Hugo-Award-winning trilogy ***One of Time
Magazine's top 100 fantasy books of all time*** ***Shortlisted for
the World Fantasy, Nebula, Kitschies, Audie and Locus Awards***
***A New York Times Notable Book and 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'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. '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 Hugo Award for Best Novel) and
concluding with The Stone Sky (Winner of the Hugo Award for Best
Novel and Nebula Award). Also by N. K. Jemisin: The Inheritance
trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The
Kingdom of Gods The Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The
Shadowed Sun
The sequel to The City We Became.
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD WINNER OF THE
LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY An Amazon Best Book of the Year The
incredible conclusion to the record-breaking triple Hugo
award-winning trilogy that began with the The Fifth Season The Moon
will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind
or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited
the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to
find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast
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. Praise for this
trilogy: 'Amazing' Ann Leckie 'Breaks uncharted ground' Library
Journal 'Beautiful' Nnedi Okorafor 'Astounding' NPR 'Brilliant'
Washington Post The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth
Season, continues in The Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone
Sky - out now. Also by N. K. Jemisin: The Inheritance trilogy The
Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods
The Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun
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From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K.
Jemisin comes 'a glorious fantasy' (Neil Gaiman) - a story of
culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City.
The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City We Became, this is
the final book of the Great Cities Duology. Every great city has a
soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields
its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city
that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia,
Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in
White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the
process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at
her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist
rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may
have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and
take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy
who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together
with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down
for good and protect their world from complete destruction.
'Hopeful and enthralling, The World We Make is more evidence of
[Jemisin's] ferocious talent' Esquire 'Jemisin brings her
living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of
energy and excitement throughout' Booklist 'Jemisin embodies the
spirit of the city in as lush and lively a voice as ever and does a
masterful job incorporating even more history and magic' Publishers
Weekly 'The conclusion to Jemisin's Great Cities duology is a
searing commentary on present-day politics as manipulated by a
primordial evil...This riveting and powerful urban fantasy duology
is masterfully written' BuzzFeed News The Great Cities Duology The
City We Became The World We Make
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel The second book in the
record-breaking triple Hugo Award-winning trilogy The season of
endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold
night. Essun has found shelter, but not her missing daughter.
Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a
request only Essun can grant. Praise for this trilogy: 'Amazing'
Ann Leckie 'Breaks uncharted ground' Library Journal 'Beautiful'
Nnedi Okorafor 'Astounding' NPR 'Brilliant' Washington Post
'Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected' Brian Staveley 'Awesome' Book
Smugglers 'A powerful story of hope and survival' The Root The
Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season, continues in The
Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone Sky - out now. Also by N.
K. Jemisin: The Inheritance trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods The Dreamblood Duology The
Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer
with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a
blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This
act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone,
somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all
over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it. . .
'A glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New
York' Neil Gaiman on THE CITY WE BECAME 'The most celebrated
science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation. . .Jemisin
seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin is
now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and
narratively bold' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Five New Yorkers must band
together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new
series by Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
N. K. Jemisin. Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths,
and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City?
She's got five. But every city also has a dark side. A roiling,
ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the
city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop
it once and for all. 'The most critically acclaimed author in
contemporary science fiction and fantasy' GQ 'N. K. Jemisin is a
powerhouse of speculative fiction' BUSTLE ***Winner of Best Fantasy
at the Audie Awards*** ***Winner of the BSFA Award for Best
Novel*** ***Shortlisted for the Hugo Awards*** ***Nominated for the
Nebula Awards*** Also by N. K. Jemisin: The Inheritance trilogy The
Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods
The Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun
N. K. Jemisin's outstanding BROKEN EARTH trilogy has broken records
and boundaries, making her the only novelist to have won three Hugo
awards in three consecutive years. This beautifully presented box
set collects all three books for the the first time. Set in a world
of volcanoes and earthquakes, where the power of the earth can be
wielded and won, these remarkable novels of warring factions,
twisted morals, an Earth shattered and a family torn apart, weave
into a narrative both 'intricate and extraordinary' (New York
Times). This box set is the perfect gift for fans of game-changing
fantasy fiction. Book 1: THE FIFTH SEASON 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 only 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 festering wounds
rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar
with catastrophe, where the power of the earth can be used as a
weapon . . . and where there is no mercy. Book 2: THE OBELISK GATE
The Season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the
long cold night. Essun has found shelter but not her missing
daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the
world, with a request only Essun can grant. Book 3: THE STONE SKY
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of
humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has
inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she
hopes to find her daughter, Nassun, and forge a world in which
every outcast child can grow up in safety. 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 the corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed. The fate
of the world is balanced between a mother and her daughter.
The first murder in 500 years. Twenty billion suspects. One hope.
The City Enduring, a booming metropolis at the edge of the
universe, hasn t experienced a violent crime in generations. The
Emotion Exploit has erased its citizens full range of feelings,
allowing three resident races to overlook their turbulent history
and coexist peacefully until now. Rookie Green Lantern Sojourner Jo
Mullein is still adjusting to her assignment to protect this
strange world when a brutal murder rattles its social order,
threatening to undo centu r ies of controversia l pro gress . As
the populace rises up against the legacy of the Emotion Exploit and
leaders grapple for power under threat of a new war, Jo must rely
on her unique instincts as a Green Lantern and the only human in
this sector to solve the crime and guide the City Enduring toward a
more promi sing future. Hugo Award-winning author N.K. Jemisin
joins bestselling Naomi artist Jamal Campbell in the Eisner
Award-nominated sci-fi murder mystery Far Sector, collecting all 12
issues, concept art and character designs, and an introduction by
Gerard Way.
Finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. Celebrate
the fifteenth anniversary of cutting-edge science fiction from the
hit podcast, Escape Pod. Escape Pod has been bringing the finest
short fiction to millions of ears all over the world, at the
forefront of a new fiction revolution. This anthology gathers
together fifteen stories, including new and exclusive work from
writers such as from Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, Mary Robinette Kowal,
T. Kingfisher and more. From editors Mur Laffterty and S.B. Divya
comes the science fiction collection of the year, bringing together
bestselling authors in celebration of the publishing phenomenon
that is, Escape Pod.
Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K.
Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking
narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply
examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction,
which includes never-before-seen stories. Marvelous and
wide-ranging. -- Los Angeles TimesGorgeous -- NPR
BooksBreathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold. --
Entertainment Weekly Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New
Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel
universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from
our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her
daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo
award-nominated short story The City Born Great, a young street kid
fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to
the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she
never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy
trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine
Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother
dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the
majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an
heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand
Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious
power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights
for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's
death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world
hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be
when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably
together.
Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
N.K. Jemisin crafts "a glorious fantasy" (Neil Gaiman) - a story of
culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City,
in the final book of the Great Cities Duology. Every great city has
a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields
its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city
that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia,
Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in
White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the
process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at
her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist
rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order" may
have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and
take it down from the inside. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy
who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together
with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down
for good and protect their world from complete destruction. The
Great Cities Duology The City We Became The World We Make
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living
an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her
husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their
daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire
whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand
years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a
madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast
continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been been
torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the
sky for years. Or centuries.
Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly,
dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with
limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the
Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory,
but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the
long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart
around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her
daughter.
Assassin priests, mad kings, and the goddess of death collide in
the first book of the Dreamblood Duology by NYT bestselling and
three time Hugo-Award winning author N. K. Jemisin. The city burned
beneath the Dreaming Moon. In the ancient city-state of Gujaareh,
peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops and amongst the shadows of
its cobbled streets wait the Gatherers -- the keepers of this
peace. Priests of the dream-goddess, their duty is to harvest the
magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe . . . and
kill those judged corrupt. But when a conspiracy blooms within
Gujaareh's great temple, Ehiru -- the most famous of the city's
Gatherers -- must question everything he knows. Someone, or
something, is murdering dreamers in the goddess' name, stalking its
prey both in Gujaareh's alleys and the realm of dreams. Ehiru must
now protect the woman he was sent to kill -- or watch the city be
devoured by war and forbidden magic.
Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of
the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now
knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and
deadly plague haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected
to die screaming in their sleep. Trapped between dark dreams and
cruel overlords, the people yearn to rise up -- but Gujaareh has
known peace for too long.
Someone must show them the way.
Hope lies with two outcasts: the first woman ever allowed to join
the dream goddess' priesthood and an exiled prince who longs to
reclaim his birthright. Together, they must resist the Kisuati
occupation and uncover the source of the killing dreams... before
Gujaareh is lost forever.
Shahar and the godling Sieh must face off against the terrible
magic threatening to consume their world in the incredible
conclusion to the Inheritance Trilogy, from Hugo award-winning and
New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. For two thousand
years the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very
gods that created mortalkind. Now the gods are free, and the
Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they are all that stands
between peace and world-spanning, unending war. Shahar, last scion
of the family, must choose her loyalties. She yearns to trust Sieh,
the godling she loves. Yet her duty as Arameri heir is to uphold
the family's interests, even if that means using and destroying
everyone she cares for. As long-suppressed rage and terrible new
magics consume the world, the Maelstrom -- which even gods fear --
is summoned forth. Shahar and Sieh: mortal and god, lovers and
enemies. Can they stand together against the chaos that threatens?
Includes a never before seen story set in the world of the
Inheritance Trilogy.
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