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The Stone Sky

The Stone Sky

DystopianEpic Fantasy
Pages
464
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

The final book in the acclaimed trilogy sees humanity's fate hanging in the balance. As the Moon returns, two women, Essun and her daughter Nassun, hold the keys to salvation or destruction. Essun seeks to protect her daughter and create a safe world for orogenes, while Nassun, hardened by the world's cruelty, believes only destruction can bring about true change. Their opposing paths will determine the future of humankind.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky

Vibe

DarkEmotionalThought-ProvokingComplex
Chosen OneMorally GreySurvivalSacrifice

Genres

Dystopian Epic Fantasy Fantasy Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Adventure

About the author

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N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the Inheritance Trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, the Broken Earth trilogy and the Great Cities duology, along with numerous short stories. Her Broken Earth trilogy — The Fifth Season (2015), The Obelisk Gate (2016) and The Stone Sky (2017) — made her the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, and the...

Characters

EssunProtagonist
NassunProtagonist
HoaProtagonist

A stone eater who appears as a young boy; revealed to be the trilogy's narrator, recounting Essun's story to the stone eater she becomes.

AlabasterSupporting
All characters in The Stone Sky

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