The Stone Sky is N.K. Jemisin’s stunning conclusion to “The Broken Earth” trilogy.  Books one: The Fifth Season and two: The Obelisk Gate both were awarded the Hugo Award and I expect that The Stone Sky will complete a hat trick for Jemisin by earning her a third Hugo. “The Broken Earth” trilogy examines familial bonds, both created by birth and those we choose to create.  They are a cautionary tale about what can happen when a society chooses to treat people as lesser and then takes away the humanity of the “lesser”.  Jemisin also gives warning of the potential catastrophe of exploiting the […]

The Obelisk Gate picks up where  The Fifth Season left off and continues the harrowing tale of survival in The Stillness when a fifth season (the season of death) is upon the land.  Now we learn the stakes are higher than just survival.  An ancient war has been brewing in the background for so long that not all the players are even aware one is occurring.  The fifth season has fully gripped the land.  Comms band together for mutual support and weaker comms fall, to the commless or a stronger comm.  New horrors are discovered as animals and insects adapt […]

A few years ago I came across an excellent review of N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,  book one of the Inheritance trilogy, and was instantly intrigued.  It was put on my “in case of birthday or Christmas, please buy me” list and fortunately I received it later that year.  I was blown away by Jemisin’s incredibly creative world building and could not put the book down.  The third book in the Inheritance trilogy did not hold up as well as the first two, but the series as a whole had me eagerly looking for other works by Jemisin. I received The […]