Title Page
● Title: Fifth Season
● Chapter: Prologue
● Author: N.K. Jemisin
● Date: Dec 31 2025
Table of Contents
1. Learning Objectives
2. Core Content
3. Summary
Learning Objectives
4. To establish core themes that will set the premise for the rest of the book.
5. More themes: the cyclical nature of disaster, the oppression of Orogenes, the deep
personal trauma of loss, and the constant struggle for survival in a unstable
Core Content
End of the World
● The story and prologue begins with a powerful orogene, Alabaster, unleashing power, to
cause a Stillness to fracture and create a Fifth Season, or devastating earthquake,
A Mother’s Tragedy
● The focus shifts to a grieving mother, Essun, who holds her beloved young son, Uche,
who has been murdered by her own husband, in the town of Tirimo, that she once
thought was safe.
The Stillness & Orogenes
● Title: Fifth Season
● Chapter: Prologue
● Author: N.K. Jemisin
● Date: Dec 31 2025
Table of Contents
1. Learning Objectives
2. Core Content
3. Summary
Learning Objectives
4. To establish core themes that will set the premise for the rest of the book.
5. More themes: the cyclical nature of disaster, the oppression of Orogenes, the deep
personal trauma of loss, and the constant struggle for survival in a unstable
Core Content
End of the World
● The story and prologue begins with a powerful orogene, Alabaster, unleashing power, to
cause a Stillness to fracture and create a Fifth Season, or devastating earthquake,
A Mother’s Tragedy
● The focus shifts to a grieving mother, Essun, who holds her beloved young son, Uche,
who has been murdered by her own husband, in the town of Tirimo, that she once
thought was safe.
The Stillness & Orogenes
