Book guide
The Fifth Season
In a world where the earth itself is weaponized, apocalypse begins with ash, death, and betrayal.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMorally greyFantasyFound powerFantasyBetrayalFantasyRevenge arcFantasyHidden identityFantasyPolitical intrigueFantasyQuestFantasySecret powersEpic FantasyMorally greyEpic FantasyRevenge arcEpic FantasyHidden identityEpic FantasyPolitical intrigueEpic FantasyQuestEpic FantasyCorrupt kingdomDark FantasyMorally greyDark FantasyFound powerDark FantasyBetrayalDark FantasyRevenge arcDark FantasyHidden identityDark FantasyPolitical intrigueDark FantasyFeminine rageDark FantasyCorrupt kingdomDark FantasyCostly powerSci-FiMorally greySci-FiDystopianSci-FiRevenge arcSci-FiHidden identitySci-FiPolitical intrigueSci-FiPost-apocalyptic
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About The Fifth Season
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 wounds rising up to fester. 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.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
The Broken Earth · Book 1 of 3
Content warnings
- death of a child
- child murder
- child abuse
- sexual assault/rape
- coerced sex
- slavery
- genocide
- racism/discrimination
- violence
- death
- apocalyptic destruction
- cannibalism mentions
- sexual content
