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The Obelisk Gate

The Obelisk Gate

Epic FantasyFantasy
Pages
433
Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

The world is ending, and the fight for survival continues in the second book of the Broken Earth series. Essun, a mother seeking her daughter, finds herself entangled with Alabaster Tenring, a figure tied to the world's destruction. Meanwhile, her daughter Nassun's growing power could shatter what remains of civilization. This epic fantasy continues the story of a mother's desperate search and a daughter's world-altering destiny.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky

Vibe

DarkTenseEmotionalThought-Provoking
QuestSurvivalChosen OneMorally Grey

Genres

Epic Fantasy Fantasy High Fantasy Post-Apocalyptic Adventure Literary Fiction

About the author

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N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the Inheritance Trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, the Broken Earth trilogy and the Great Cities duology, along with numerous short stories. Her Broken Earth trilogy — The Fifth Season (2015), The Obelisk Gate (2016) and The Stone Sky (2017) — made her the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, and the...

Characters

EssunProtagonist
NassunProtagonist
AlabasterSupporting
SchaffaSupporting

A Guardian with damaged memory who takes a special, ambiguous interest in Nassun, becoming her mentor at the Found Moon settlement.

YkkaSupporting

Orogene leader of the underground comm Castrima, where she has made it possible for orogenes to live openly.

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