The Fifth Season Av N. K. Jemisin

<B>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. <I>(The New York Times)</I></B><br><br>This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time.<br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>Read the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by <I>NYT </I>bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.