Visit a different sort of fantasy world in the 'Broken Earth' trilogy

I've just finished reading the third book in N.K. Jemisin's amazing Broken Earth trilogy ('The Fifth Season', 'The Obelisk Gate' & 'The Stone Sky'), and what more praise can I heap on the books that hasn't already been said. How thrilling and compelling it was to delve into a fantasy world so unlike the usual shtick, experienced through the eyes of complex characters of the sort rarely given much of a voice in fantasy tales. I loved the 'orogenic' powers to move the earth itself, the upending of the racial paradigm we know, the very human insights into slavery, subjugation and exploitation, the complement of complex queer characters central to the plot (especially the gay male character so driven by the love for his children and the heartbreak of losing them), the inspiring emotional strength of the women at the centre of the story and the dark, vivid and detailed world Jemisin created for it all.

The books are undoubtedly all the more powerful because Jemisin is an African-American woman, with a different perspective to bring to her writing. Before I'm accused of jumping on some sort of fictional PC bandwagon (aside: When you boil it down, political correctness just means 'not being a rude asshole to people that are different to you', so if you're against being PC, well... ), let's remember that the whole point of fiction, and particularly genre fiction, is that it gives us the chance to be someone else, to experience worlds from a different perspective, and it's just boring to so frequently be offered only the perspective of straight, white men. So bring on the intersectionality of fiction, and the glorious opportunities to really see the world differently. Or just give me more awesomely powerful heroines who can reshape the world.