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The Fifth Season (Broken Earth Series #1) (Hugo Award Winner)
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One of the few genre-fiction picks on the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list, The Fifth Season is an immersive story of revolution, family and betrayal, and the start of an extraordinary series.
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. (The New York Times)
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 wou...
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 wou...
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