The Obelisk Gate
The Broken Earth, Book 2, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD
$24.90
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2016
Summary
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS … FOR THE LAST TIME.
The season of endings grows darker, as civilisation 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.
PRAISE F…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356508368 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0356508366 |
| Author: | N.K. Jemisin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Broken Earth Trilogy |
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Critics Review
Exceptional … those who anxiously awaited this sequel will find the only problem is that the wait must begin again once the last page is turned
Exceptional … those who anxiously awaited this sequel will find the only problem is that the wait must begin again once the last page is turned – Library Journal (starred review)Utterly gripping … extraordinary … a complex and intricate world of warring powers, tangled morals, and twisting motivations – Publishers Weekly (starred review)A lightning rod around which storm clouds gather to burst and strike in the trilogy’s final book next year * NPR’s Best Books of 2016 *
About The Author
N.K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin is the first author in history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, for her Broken Earth trilogy. She is a MacArthur 2020 Genius Grant Fellow. Her work has won the Nebula and Locus Awards, and the first book in her current Great Cities series, The City We Became, is a New York Times bestseller. Among other critical work, she was formerly the speculative book reviewer at the New York Times. In her spare time she’s a gamer and gardener, responsible for saving the world from Ozymandias, her dangerously intelligent ginger cat, and his destructive sidekick Magpie.
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