Winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel n Book 2 in the record-breaking triple Hugo Award-winning trilogy n n The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. n Essun has found shelter, but not her missing daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request only Essun can grant. n n Praise for this trilogy: n Amazing Ann Leckie n Breaks uncharted ground Library Journal n Beautiful Nnedi Okorafor n Astounding NPR n Brilliant Washington Post n Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected Brian Staveley n Awesome Book Smugglers n A powerful story of hope and survival The Root n n The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season, continues in The Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone Sky - out now. n