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The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin

Hugo Award (Best Novel) · 2016 · Winner
Orbit BookssffISBN 9780316229296

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hugo Award (Best Novel)2016Winner

About This Book

In a world subject to periodic catastrophes called Fifth Seasons, three women with the ability to control seismic forces navigate their oppression. The first novel of the Hugo-winning Broken Earth trilogy. Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

N.K. Jemisin is an American science fiction and fantasy author who won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel—for The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky—making her the first author to win in three consecutive years for a trilogy. She also won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for The Stone Sky (2018) and The City We Became (2021). Read more →

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