The Stone Sky (Broken Earth Trilogy, #3)

by N. K. Jemisin

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2018
WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD 2018
WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY 2018
An Amazon Best Book of the Year

The incredible conclusion to the record-breaking triple Hugo award-winning trilogy that began with the The Fifth Season

The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.
Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast child can grow up safe.
For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.

Praise for this trilogy:

'Amazing' Ann Leckie

'Breaks uncharted ground' Library Journal

'Beautiful' Nnedi Okorafor

'Astounding' NPR

'Brilliant' Washington Post

The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season, continues in The Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone Sky - out now.

• ISBN10: 0316229245
• ISBN13: 9780316229241
• Publish Date: 15 August 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Orbit
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 464
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ben Pick]

Great conclusion to the series. Despite the apocalyptic nature of the world, this is a hopeful tale. The series brought themes of race and motherhood to the forefront to humanize the characters capable of shaking the earth. The ending of the various character's stories felt natural and satisfying.

[lisacee]

This series is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. Part of me wants to start the series over immediately, knowing all that I know, but I'm going to try to wait and let it all sink in.

[luddite]

Bloody hell, was this book good. So very good.

The Stone Sky is effectively the Book of Hoa, and it is a masterpiece in storytelling. The trilogy builds up to this deep, personal, layered examination of personhood vis-a-vis colonization and genocide. It presents a powerful reflection on the unrelenting greed and desire that underpins dominance, the myths we build to justify that, the choices we make to execute that arrogance, and how they haunt us in our collective memory.

(I'll have to take a break from Fantasy for a while, so that I don't judge the next book too harshly. Very few books -- Fantasy or otherwise -- can live up to Jemisin's writing and world-building here.)

[celinenyx]

Very strong conclusion to the trilogy.