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The Obelisk Gate
- The Broken Earth, Book 2
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Book two in the record-breaking triple Hugo Award-winning trilogy.
The season of endings grows darker, as civilisation fades into the long cold night.
Essun has found shelter, but not her missing daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request only Essun can grant.
The Broken Earth trilogy begins with The Fifth Season, continues in The Obelisk Gate and concludes with The Stone Sky - out now.
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"Breaks uncharted ground." (Library Journal)
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- Lise
- 27-01-2019
Remarkable
Beautifully written and narrated as with the first book. With this book the reader is completely hooked into the world and characters and will just never want it to end - I tore through this with absolutely joy. In fact I probably experienced every emotion as I was so absorbed by it all! WInner!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-2019
5 Rusting Earths out of 5
N.K. Jemisin has a cerebral story telling style that I simply cannot stop listening to.
Thank you,
I look forward to continueing to help support your work.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-2022
excellent
Narrator was great, easy to distinguish characters.
2nd book as compelling as the first. Cannot wait to read the third!
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- Laura
- 26-07-2019
Wonderful!
Oh wow NK Jemisin really knocked it out of the park with this book! While its definitely slower than The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate focuses on the incredible worldbuilding and fascinating history of the Stillness.
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- Amanda
- 11-08-2022
Beautiful
I'm loving this series so much. I'm in that wonderful position of still having more of this story to enjoy for the first time. Really gorgeous writing.
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- emmoff
- 17-11-2016
Brilliant Book 2
Book two does not disappoint, equal to the first which takes some doing. Jemisin expands points of view and delivers some answers and more obelisks. Brilliant series. As this book is bleaker than the first, I am sure Book three will be heartbreaking.
Robin Miles narration is excellent.
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- Rohan
- 07-10-2018
Gripping and emotive!
Like the works of ursula le guin this series brings very real issues into a sci-fi setting which allows a different perspective to come into play. The way in which themes of abuse are portrayed are very real and startling as are the portrayals of love, dependance, trust and above all the difficulties of striving to be human in a twisted world... There are so many reflections here of our own struggles and this combined with the very original and interesting science fiction possibilities combine to create a story which is thoroughly engaging. The narration is clear and lucid though character voices are often weak this doesn't diminish the overall power of the narrative.
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- Diana
- 18-08-2019
Slow burn, excellent narration
If you've read book one you know the writing style is different. It's a good idea to listen to this soon after so you don't forget the key points from the Fifth Season. The world building continues in a slow way where sometimes I just want to yell "but how does it work?" However it's an approach that works. The story continues at a steady pace and you're engrossed before you know it.
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- Hobie
- 06-02-2024
Geologic detail
Excellent plot and characters
Great and realistic ideas on social behaviour in a complex and dystopian world
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- Stephanie
- 03-12-2020
Best audiobook I have ever listened to
Amazing voice acting and amazing book. I started to read this book after book 1 and ended up returning to the audiobook because it's just so engaging.
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