Essun-in the novel’s present-is a middle-aged orogene: someone possessing the ability to control seismic activity, often by diverting kinetic or thermal energy from their surroundings. The novel follows the interwoven storylines of three characters ultimately revealed as the same woman at different stages of her life: Damaya, Syenite, and Essun. For all of written history, constant seismic activity in the form of shakes (earthquakes) and blows (volcanic eruptions) has made precarious life in the Stillness multiple societies have risen and fallen, usually ending as a result of the Fifth Seasons (volcanic winters) that tend to recur every few centuries. The Fifth Season takes place on an unnamed planet home to a single, massive continent known as the Stillness.
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