Such openness can be construed as an invitation to game the system, but the Hugos have a defence mechanism: if the shortlists have been swamped by an organised voting campaign, it is possible for ordinary voters to reject all the nominees in a particular category and vote for “no award”. The franchise is not restrictive, although there is a fee. The prestigious Hugo awards are conferred on the basis of what most readers have loved most. The fate of the world is balanced between a mother and her daughter.T he divide between high and low culture, or between what readers love and what the critics think they ought to love, is not at all clear in science fiction. She has seen the evil of the world and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes the corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed. For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. With it, she hopes to find her daughter, Nassun, and forge a world in which every outcast child can grow up in safety. Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request only Essun can grant. Essun has found shelter but not her missing daughter. The Season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth can be used as a weapon.
It starts with betrayal and long festering wounds rising up to fester.
It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's only continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. This box set is the perfect gift for fans of game-changing fantasy fiction. Set in a world of volcanoes and earthquakes, where the power of the earth can be wielded and won, these remarkable novels of warring factions, twisted morals, an Earth shattered and a family torn apart, weave into a narrative both 'intricate and extraordinary' ( New York Times). This beautifully presented box set collects all three books for the the first time. Jemisin's outstanding BROKEN EARTH trilogy has broken records and boundaries, making her the only novelist to have won three Hugo awards in three consecutive years.
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