Paperback, 512 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2016 by Orbit.
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. --back cover
Not my favorite book but well crafted and continuing on with the series. A big part is I didn't really love the viewpoint characters, the side characters tend to be more interesting to me.
Took me a bit to get into it, and the changing of character names over time confused me a bit, but once I got past those two issues, it was a really fun read. Looking forward to the next two books to see what happens on Earth in a possible distant future where earth magic is common and nothing is stable.
I thought it was good, until roughly the middle, when I realized what was going on, and then I thought it was great.
- unique and interesting world building
- great characters and great representation.
- can't get over the ending. completely hooked now. gonna have to tear through the remaining books in the series.
basically putting all Jemisin books on hold at the library right now.
This was marvelous. I must read the next 2 immediately.
