The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

In the future, there is only one continent and there is a race of people called orogenes that protect this fragile land from earthquakes and other geological events.  These people are both feared and needed in these times.  In this world,The Fifth Season, is a disastrous event that may last years and decades and people have adapted to these by making rules to live by.  We meet Essun on the worst day of her life.  She has come home to find that her husband has killed their son and taken their daughter because he found out that they are all orogenes and wants to “save” his daughter from her fate.  Essun is on their trail, but not before unleashing some weather of her own when people and their fear try to come between her and her quest. N.K. Jemisin has created a plausible and deadly future for the human race.  When the Earth wants to shake you off, how do you survive?

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