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內容簡介 獲2017年Hugo小說獎以三部曲The Broken Earth之首部曲The Fifth Season獲奇 科幻類Hugo小說獎的作家N. K. Jemisin最新作品，延續The Fifth Season精彩的情節，被認為是至今完成度最高的系列小說。「除了充滿細節的步調，完整的角色描述，難以置信的野心與敘事的揭露，Jemisin述說的是我們的現在、未來以及面對重複創傷的行動，對這個時代的暖化與壓力的回應。她在這個系列的成就是驚人的，完全超出了我們對史詩奇幻故事的期待，並且證明了偉大作品該呈現的樣貌。」－－《美國國家公共電台》(National Public Radio)在名叫”靜止”(Stillness)的世界中，地震的毀滅性頻率造成的後果稱之為”第五季”，這是一個灰燼佈滿天空，海洋滾燙，動植物因為邪惡的大氣而改變了行為的季節。這個世界持續靜止許久的原因，是一個叫orogenes的族類，他們有一種與生俱來，操弄熱力的能力，這個能力可以平息地動、轉移災難。但是orogenes是一群受到驚嚇與壓抑的少數民族，被Guardians所監管。女主角Essun住在一個名為Castrima的地下社區，她發現昔日舊友，也是她的心靈導師與戀人Alabaster - 這個在”靜止”世界最有力量的orogene，必須為第五季負責。Alabaster從飄浮在空中、令人難解的方尖碑獲得了力量，他撕裂大地，企圖運用方尖碑的力量，打破這病態的社會秩序。然而，利用方尖碑的代價奇高無比，Alabaster漸漸地變成了石頭，Essun必須從Alabaster那裏學到所有知識來完成他的工作，以便終結五季。他倆在一起的短暫時間遇到了許多困難：敵人從各方面壓迫Castrima社區，威脅著orogenes與靜止國度的人之間脆弱的和平。同時，在世界的某一處，Essun失蹤的女兒帶著巨大的orogene力量回來了，他們的命運將會如何？"Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015)Continuing the trilogy that began with the multi-award-nominated The Fifth Season‧Shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula, Audie, and Locus Awards‧ The inaugural Wired.com book club bookThis is the way the world ends, for the last time.The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever.Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world.

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作者介紹 N. K. Jemisin is the first author in the genre's history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, all for her Broken Earth trilogy. Her work has also won the Nebula, Locus, and Goodreads Choice Awards. She is currently a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and she has been an instructor for the Clarion and Clarion West writing workshops. In her spare time she is a gamer and gardener, and she is also single-handedly responsible for saving the world from King Ozzymandias, her dangerously intelligent ginger cat, and his phenomenally destructive sidekick Magpie.

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