Recommended Age:
17
+
Best for readers who enjoy thought-provoking, immersive fantasy worlds with complex character dynamics.
About the Book
In a world called the Stillness where catastrophic geological events called Fifth Seasons periodically destroy civilization, three women an orogene who can control seismic energy, a young trainee in a brutal training program, and a traveling orogene navigate a world that fears and exploits those with their abilities, as a new and final Season begins. Told in second person for one thread and switching perspectives, the novel is formally bold and emotionally devastating. A Hugo Award winner.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
The book is a sustained examination of systemic oppression, the violence of institutions designed to exploit a minority population, grief over the murder of a child, and survival of trauma across a lifetime of persecution.
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High Violence
A parent kills their own child at the novel's opening. Systemic torture and exploitation, violent deaths, and brutal training methods are depicted with sustained intensity.
