Oh, Fifth Season how I love thee. The book starts with 2 beginnings of ends: one of the world, where an orogene (think earthbender but more intense) pretty much cracks the continent in half and starts an environmental apocalypse. The other end is of Essun, who discovers her youngest child’s dead body in her living room. She then goes on a journey not only to stave off the grief, but to find her eldest daughter and find her husband, who killed their son.

Nice beginning huh?

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