Prologue You Are Here 11

Chapter 1 You are at the end of the world 29
Chapter 2 Damaya was 43 last winter
Chapter 3 You Set Out on the Road 65
4. Cut and polished sienite 89
Chapter 5: You Are Not Alone 110
Chapter 6: The Powdered Tamaya 118
Chapter 7 You plus one is two 146
Chapter 8: Sienite on the road 160

Resting Song 206

Chapter 9: Sienite among the enemies 208
Chapter 10: You Walk with Beasts 233
Chapter 11 Damaya at Fulcrum 257
Chapter 12: Sienite Discovers a New Toy 284
Chapter 13: You Are Being Tracked 310

Chapter 14: Sienite Breaks a Toy 325
Chapter 15: You Are With Your Friends 351
Chapter 16: Sien in the Hidden Land 368
Chapter 17: Completed Tamaya 395
Chapter 18 You Discover Amazing Things Below 440
Chapter 19: Sienaite on the Watch 456

Resting Song 478

Chapter 20: Sienite Returns to Its Place 480
Chapter 21: You Gather Everyone in One Place 514
Chapter 22 Cracked and Broken Sienaite 545
Chapter 23: Only You 586

Appendix I: Season 594

Appendix II: Terminology 599

Acknowledgments 609

A continent in the midst of a season of disaster,
The moment when the lives of three women with the power to move the earth intersect
Everything is falling apart!

Winter, spring, summer, fall.
The fifth season is death and the monarch of all seasons._From the text

The setting of "Broken Earth" is a harsh world dominated by the concept of "Father Earth," the polar opposite of Mother Earth, and within that world is a huge supercontinent called "Quiet."
There is a "fifth season" here, a period of catastrophic events where seismic activity and other large-scale environmental changes persist for at least six months, and sometimes even generations.
Among humans, there exists a small group called 'Orogeny', who are born with a special ability to manipulate the energy associated with seismic activity, called orogeny.
However, most humans are hostile and fearful of Orojin, who have great abilities but sometimes cannot control them, calling them 'Roga', and even killing children who are discovered to be Orojin.
Meanwhile, in the center of the continent, there is an organization called Fulcrum that gathers young Orojin, trains them harshly, and tames them into obedience, then thoroughly manages and exploits them.

"The Fifth Season" is told through the perspectives of three women: Eshun, who hides her powers and lives an ordinary life in a small town until she loses her child; Damaya, who is abandoned by her parents and taken in by a stranger to start a new life; and Sienite, who sets out on a mission while bound by her duty to the Fulcrum.
As the relationships between the three characters who embark on an adventure driven by a cruel fate are gradually revealed, the origins of the discrimination and contempt that Orojin has suffered for eons, as well as the secrets of the seasons that have befallen the continent, are also revealed.

N., the writer who opened a new golden age of science fiction and fantasy.
K. Jemisin

The Science Fiction Writer Every Woman Should Read - Webzine [Bustle]

Compared to most existing Anglo-American fantasy novels set in a medieval European world, Jemisin has masterfully crafted a distinctly different setting and characters.
The imagination fostered by delving into various myths played a part, but the main driving force was probably the belief that there is no gap between the work and reality, and that he understood his own identity better than anyone else.
In an interview with The Guardian around the time The Fifth Season was published, she said:
“As a Black woman, I’m not particularly interested in maintaining the status quo.
Why would I do that? The current reality is harmful.
“It’s quite racist and sexist, and there are a lot of other things I think need to change.”

Although Jemisin became the first black writer to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in less than 10 years since her debut, and the first writer to win it three years in a row, the path to that goal was not easy.
Her first full-length manuscript, "Killing Moon," written in the mid-2000s, is set in a setting reminiscent of ancient Egypt and centers around a character of color. After catching the eye of an agency, it was sent to several publishers in New York, but was rejected by all for commercial reasons.
Essentially, Jemisin felt that it was because the author and the work were far removed from the mainstream identity, so he was at one point hesitant to write a work that followed the trend, but he stubbornly stuck to his own style and continued writing, eventually achieving success as a professional writer.
The following year, when the Hugo Award was criticized for the "sad puppy" movement, which was a backlash against the genre fiction world's gradual pursuit of diversity, there were some voices disparaging Jemisin's achievement, saying it was not due to her talent, but because she was a black woman.
But at the 2018 Hugo Awards, where female writers swept most categories, including novels, short stories, novellas, and series, Jemisin delivered a stinging blow to her opponents by saying that the reason she won the award, like all previous novel winners, was because of her hard work.
We cannot help but pay attention to the changes in the world of science fiction and fantasy that will be brought about by Jemisin's future activities and achievements.