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The Obelisk Gate

by N. K. Jemisin

Hugo Award (Best Novel) · 2017 · WinnerNebula Award (Best Novel) · 2016 · Shortlist
Orbit BookssffISBN 9780316229265

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hugo Award (Best Novel)2017Winner
Nebula Award (Best Novel)2016Shortlist

About This Book

The second novel in the Broken Earth trilogy continues the story of Essun and her daughter as the world faces extinction. Written in second person, the novel further develops the series' extraordinary world-building. Winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

N.K. Jemisin is an American science fiction and fantasy author who won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel—for The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky—making her the first author to win in three consecutive years for a trilogy. She also won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for The Stone Sky (2018) and The City We Became (2021). Read more →

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