The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

Aug 2017 · Broken Earth Book 3 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row.

The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.

Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe.

For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.

Ratings and reviews

I admit I had to take a break before starting this one. The first two books are emotionally charged, and I think I was a little drained heading into this one. Once I sat down to get to it, though, it was a fantastic conclusion to the series. This series is dense stuff though - it constantly deals with complex, real-world issues. It is certainly not a read for children. In my personal ranking I put this series above Lord of the Rings - perhaps on par with Harry Potter. I see all of LOTR and the first half of HP as lighter, fluffier fantasy stuff - it's good adventure to read, but it doesn't force you to you think and feel like this series did. It's rare that you get an awesome sci fi / fantasy world layered with so many relatable emotions.

This is a science fiction tale of an epic quest. It combines science with gods and interweaves magic in as well. The book's second person narrative takes a little getting used to but is well worth the effort. Like the two previous portions of this trilogy, it is certain to win a well deserved Hugo!

It has been a long time since I didn't see an ending coming. She kept me on my toes through the whole series and forever has a place in my heart and on my shelf. This whole trilogy is a work of art.

About the author

N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Fifth Season, which was also a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. She previously won the Locus Award for her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and novels have been nominated multiple times for Hugo, World Fantasy, Nebula, and RT Reviewers' Choice awards, and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James Tiptree, Jr. awards. She is a science fiction and fantasy reviewer for the New York Times, and you can find her online at nkjemisin.com.