The Broken Earth Trilogy: The stone sky
Readers rate it 4.3 (1.4K on Hardcover)
407 pages · Released 2018
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The Stone Sky is the finale of a sophisticated adult fantasy trilogy set in a harsh, dying world. While it features complex themes of oppression, survival, and systemic injustice, it contains significant violence, mature content, and emotional trauma that make it better suited to older teens and adults. The narrative rewards moral complexity, resilience, and empathy, but requires emotional maturity to process its darker elements.
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[Volume 2: The obelisk gate] : The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring -- madman, world-crusher, savior -- has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever. It continues with a lost daughter, found by... [Volume 2: The obelisk gate] : The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring -- madman, world-crusher, savior -- has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever. It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy. It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last. The Stillness is the wall which stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall. And it will not be broken.
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- Fantasy fiction, American
- Diverse Characters
- Strong Character Development
- A mix driven
- Loveable Characters
- Unloveable Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Character driven
- Plot driven
- dark
- adventurous
- tense
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