The Obelisk Gate Book Two

Published by Takween Publishing, "The Obelisk Gate" by N. K. Jemisin is the brilliant sequel to The Fifth Season and the second consecutive winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. As the catastrophic Fifth Season deepens across the continent of the Stillness, Essun finds refuge in an underground community and begins to unlock the mysterious, ancient magic of the giant obelisks floating in the sky—a power that may hold the key to ending the world's cycles of destruction. Meanwhile, her missing daughter, Nassun, grows in dangerous strength under a different mentor. The novel seamlessly blends high science-fantasy with deep thematic reflections on systemic trauma, mother-daughter dynamics, and environmental collapse.

It masterfully expands the mythology and magic system of the award-winning trilogy, deepening the emotional stakes, character developments, and philosophical questions of power and survival.

Readers of The Fifth Season, fans of epic and speculative science-fantasy, lovers of complex magic systems, and readers who appreciate deep socio-political themes in fiction.