N.K. Jemisin's award-winning Broken Earth trilogy concludes with two powerful magic users trying to harness the moon to bring about an apocalypse to end all apocalypses. We discuss how this book decides to stick its landing, including the impressive detour it takes to do an audacious amount of world-building for a closing entry in a series.

Just coming to the series now? Check out our episodes on the previous books: The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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