Fantasy · DarkMother and daughter, both orogenes, separated shortly before the latest Fifth Season, try to find each other
The Obelisk Gate
The second Broken Earth book, with a mother and daughter apart
Orbit published the novel in the United States on 16 August 2016. It is the second book of the Broken Earth trilogy, after The Fifth Season and before The Stone Sky. It is set on the Stillness, a supercontinent with periodic catastrophic climate change called the Fifth Season. Essun, a powerful orogene, and her 10-year-old daughter Nassun were separated shortly before the latest Fifth Season and try to find each other.
More about this book
Who
Essun and her 10-year-old daughter Nassun.
World
The Stillness, in the middle of a Fifth Season.
What makes it different
Jemisin won the Hugo in consecutive years, the first author to do so in over two decades. It was a finalist for the Nebula, the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award.
Feel
Tense and bleak.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The Obelisk GateWikipedia