The Obelisk Gate
Aug 2016 · Broken Earth Book 2 · Sold by Orbit
4.7star
185 reviews
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Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR)
The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.
Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever.
Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power -- and her choices will break the world.
N. K. Jemisin's award winning trilogy continues in the sequel to The Fifth Season.
The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.
Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever.
Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power -- and her choices will break the world.
N. K. Jemisin's award winning trilogy continues in the sequel to The Fifth Season.
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4.7
185 reviews
Blair Orr
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August 31, 2018
Just finished Books one and two all in a rush! Enjoyed them thoroughly. It's another great alternative tale that makes you think. Awesome!
13 people found this review helpful
Marc Cartright
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October 29, 2017
Dove right into this after reading The Fifth Season. It takes the amazing start and just runs with it beautifully. The world in which the story takes place gathers more dimensions and perspectives, full of amazing characters. No one feels one-dimensional here. Loved it.
9 people found this review helpful
Charell B
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July 12, 2017
A great sequel to a great story. I was quite eager for this release and it did not disappoint. Read both novels again immediately after finishing this one. Now I'm quite eager for the next one.
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About the author
N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Fifth Season, which was also a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. She previously won the Locus Award for her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and novels have been nominated multiple times for Hugo, World Fantasy, Nebula, and RT Reviewers' Choice awards, and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James Tiptree, Jr. awards. She is a science fiction and fantasy reviewer for the New York Times, and you can find her online at nkjemisin.com.
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