The Fifth Season
The Broken Earth, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Robin Miles
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By:
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N. K. Jemisin
About this listen
Winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Book 1 in the double Hugo-Award-winning trilogy
A New York Times Notable Book
Shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Nebula, Kitschies, Audie and Locus Awards
The inaugural Wired.com book club pick
This is the way the world ends...for the last time.
It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world, 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.
The Broken Earth trilogy is complete - beginning with The Fifth Season, continuing in The Obelisk Gate (Winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel) and concluding with The Stone Sky (Shortlisted for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel).
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2015 N. K. Jemisin (P)2015 Hachette AudioCritic Reviews
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- Claudia VB
- 14-08-2018
Incredible
Absurdly incredible. I'm speechless. And the narrator was a dream. Best book. All the reviews are true and it's so worth it.
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- Holly P
- 06-11-2018
Not for me sadly!
I chose this because it had excellent reviews but I just could not get into this book. I really tried my hardest and it does have potential, but I feel that this is best actually read rather than listened to as it is a whole new world with all these different names for different species which are hard to keep track of when listening to. I felt like I needed to keep flicking back a page so I could understand what was going on. Perhaps good for binge listening, but I found it too hard to follow.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-07-2018
Wonderful. Alien but just within grasp.
The Fifth Season was everything. As beautiful as it is sorrowful.
Thanks N. K. Jemisin.
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- Anya
- 06-12-2021
Frustrated by what this novel could have been
The narration by Robin Miles is fantastic and is probably the reason I got through this novel.
Overall, I found this book to be incredibly frustrating. There was so much potential in this story with these characters but for me it just seems to somehow miss the mark.
While there is definitely some pacing issues, you can make a journey feel long and tiring without resorting to pages of pointless story, I don't think it was this that stopped me becoming immersed. I think what put me off the most is the lack of chemistry between the characters.
To me this seemed to be technically a good book but one that lacked heart. It maybe that this is a novel that needs to be read instead of listened to.
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- JillTorn
- 16-01-2019
Engaging book
Thoroughly enjoyed this story with its twists and turns. Well read with a pleasant voice
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- Calum
- 15-09-2018
Believe the other reviews
Really enjoyable, well written, fantastic characters and an immersive and complex world. The reader is absolutely first class too.
You will not regret adding this one.
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- Mort
- 31-12-2018
Bloody Fantastic!
This story is superb. I am very pleased this is only book1. Narration is beautiful.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-10-2017
awesome
this is a fantastic story that requires attention and it draws you in and you will find it hard to pause
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- Anonymous User
- 05-08-2019
Vivid and enchanting
This novel is way outside my genre comfort zone of psychological thrillers, crime, mystery and historical fiction. I've never been a fan of fantasy, well sign me up! - I was blown away by the fifth season. So imaginative, well paced and brilliantly narrated. I enjoyed every minute. Can't wait to get stuck into the second book, I'm off to download now!
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- Diana
- 18-08-2019
Got into it eventually & loved it
I had this in hard copy & had perhaps 4 false starts, then two on audible. So glad I persevered! The writing style is quite unique and that takes a little adjustment. The narration by Robin Miles completely solved this for me, she excellently distinguished the different characters and was a delight to listen to. The glossary pdf was integral as the initial chapters challenge you with a baffling array of new language & world building; but once you're in you get swept along. I have since read the following two novels and feel this is a very well rounded series that takes it's time to unfold it's mysteries.
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