THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS . . . FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun - once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger - has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world. PRAISE FOR THE FIFTH SEASON: ´Intricate and extraordinary´ New York Times ´Astounding´ NPR ´Brilliant´ Washington Post ´Breaks uncharted ground´ Library Journal ´Elegiac, complex, and intriguing´ Publishers Weekly ´Powerful´ io9 ´Epic´ SFF World ´Beautiful´ Nnedi Okorafor ´Amazing´ Ann Leckie About the Author N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author whose short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo, the World Fantasy Award, and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award. Industry Reviews Exceptional ... those who anxiously awaited this sequel will find the only problem is that the wait must begin again once the last page is turned -- Library Journal (starred review) Utterly gripping ... extraordinary ... a complex and intricate world of warring powers, tangled morals, and twisting motivations -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)