Paperback, 445 pages
English language
Published Aug. 15, 2017 by Orbit US.
The Moon will soon return.
Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.
Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast 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.
The Moon will soon return.
Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.
Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast 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.
I enjoyed the trilogy, but didn't find it particularly outstanding overall.
I enjoyed the trilogy, but didn't find it particularly outstanding overall.
impressively concluded, marred only by surprisingly hokey dialog in the final scenes.
That was a truly spectacular ending to a superb trilogy
Great conclusion to a very well done trilogy. There's a bit of a rush and inconsistent planning to explain some of back story elements, but in the end it falls together nicely. Jemison's afterword brings some clarity to some of her character development, and is worth the few minutes it takes read. I'm definitely rooting for this to take a Hugo as well, and have added Jemison to my short list of authors who's books I buy automatically.
Great conclusion to a very well done trilogy. There's a bit of a rush and inconsistent planning to explain some of back story elements, but in the end it falls together nicely. Jemison's afterword brings some clarity to some of her character development, and is worth the few minutes it takes read. I'm definitely rooting for this to take a Hugo as well, and have added Jemison to my short list of authors who's books I buy automatically.
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