Rennanis' offensive is aided by their own faction of stone eaters, who are opposed to Alabaster and Antimony's plans. Reviews on books, short stories, and magazines as well as general criticism and thoughts. The Obelisk Gate builds on top of the fantasy world that was developed in the first novel. Nassun next, then. Writing for NPR, poet Amal El-Mohtar said that "Not only could I not put it downI couldn't come up for air long enough to comment on it while forsaking sleep and food in order to finish it", continuing on to say that "It pole vaults over the expectations I had for what epic fantasy should be and stands in magnificent testimony to what it could be. Shejust knows that she wants very very much to leave Tirimo. I loved the reveal of Hoa as the narrator. 2. In The Obelisk Gate, the sequel to The Fifth Season in the Broken Earth series by N.J. Jemisin, Essun enlists the help of Alabaster, her mentor. ), knew of the word and its importance to Essan, and occasionally used it to describe the adventure's of Nassun. Struggle with right and wrong. That helps, because he wouldnt havebelieved anything else. I'm on the Stone Sky now and I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THIS. Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is Copyright 2009-2022, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. The book continues forward from an especially bad Fifth Season, one that may become an apocalypse. Theknowledge that he possesses, because the rock is indeed in Jijaspocket and theres no way Uche could have known it was there,dooms him. Goodreads Rating: 4.14/5. Over the years he simply had noticed things abouthis wife and his children that stirred suspicion in the depthsof his mind. They begin preparations to set out into the worsening Fifth Season to find a new home. The story is told primarily from the perspectives of Essun, a powerful orogene driven out of her home at the beginning of the first book, and Nassun, her 10 year-old daughter. Although we still dont know if he is good or bad, its a stark contrast with the first book, where he is depicted as outright evil. Intheory they could return to their home comms in the event of aSeason, although by profession they tend to wander far enoughto make returning impractical. She went from accidentally killing someone and feeling mortified about it to casually murdering a whole community who was not hurting anyone without an ounce of remorse? The Obelisk Gate was intended as a central point, to which and through which the entire network could be utilized. He knewstone, and he knew Tirimo, and he knew that veins of igneousrock from an ancient volcano ran all through the surroundingland. . [9][10][11][12][13] It was the second award for Jemisin's Broken Earth series (after The Fifth Season in 2016), making Jemisin the first author in over two decades to win the Best Novel Hugo in two consecutive years. And troubled. He is rescued by a family of fishermen on the coast. Press J to jump to the feed. When Nassun comes home that afternoon, Uche is alreadydead. Castrima is saved, but the mechanisms of the geode have been irreparably damaged by the assault, and the comm faces starvation and suffocation if they remain. Apocryphal. WebThe Obelisk Gate (Spoiler Free) | REVIEW 3,918 views Jun 19, 2017 135 Dislike Share Save Thoughts on Tomes 63K subscribers In which I discuss my thoughts on The r/Fantasy is the internet's largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. And Nassun, who was fully prepared to go off into the sunsetwith some lorist, effectively running away from home to escapeher mother, relaxes at last. He stands there, breath gradually slowing, fists graduallyuncurling, while she weeps. See all 5 answers. Essuns gone by this point, offto teach the last class of her career as a creche teacher. He confronts Schaffa and later attempts to kill Nassun. I'm on the last few pages of Wild Seed by Octavia Butler, then I get to start The Stone Sky. The comm is sustained by many mysterious functions of the geode that appear to operate by magic, such as air recyclers and climate control; Ykka has deduced that the mechanisms only function when orogenes are present. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Irrational. Ask the Author. Why wasn't the map updated for this book? (You might call this cli-fi, although its not clear that this kind of climate change is caused by humans at least, not through two books.) We use cookies on this site. World-building history can be too technical. [7], The Obelisk Gate won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2017. So, to recap: There was a war between Seriously. Hoa explains at one point that crystal, stone, is an efficient storage medium. As the world descends into the new Season, Castrima must collect resources and hunt for food on the surface. Cookie policy. It follows two main characters: a mother and daughter, both of whom are magically talented ("orogenes"), who were separated just before the most recent Fifth Season. You are a saint! No one carriesdiamonds for currency because they cant be sharded for changeeasily, but theyre still useful in industry, mining, and the like. Thats not a spoiler. It seems like the Gate is an actual, tangible thing. Thanks for the answer. Check our racial/sexual perceptions, perspectives, our sense of otherness or our fear of it. When Nassun and her father finally reach their destination, he tells her it is a place where she can be cured. The foolish dreamer part.) Instead, Nassun meets Schaffa, her mothers Guardian who encourages Nassun to grow in her skills. WebSummary. Having no choice, the inhabitants of Castrima prepare for battle. Since orogeny is hereditary, the Guardians often kill a childs entire family before taking them away. or ask your favorite author a question with Not just bullet points, this is in the spirit of the book. . She lost the ability to sess her daughter, so she decides that the comm might be the only place she could survive the oncoming Season. Its a loud, sharp blurt, and Nassun jumps. WebThe Obelisk Gate N.K. On the other hand, what if its not as good? She knows all the ways its possible for a second book in a trilogy to fail. The plot revolves around their journey to find each other again, and their efforts to discover why Fifth Seasons exist.[2]. WebThe Obelisk Gate. Flesh is not. Essun and Nassun are both good people, with credible emotional reactions to setbacks and obstacles, but neither is particularly interesting or compelling; you root for these characters because they represent hope, for themselves and humanity, not out of any direct empathy for or interest in either of them. Were going somewhere you can be better, he says gently. Stares, as if he has never seen her before. The Obelisk Gate was anticipated on its debut,[3][4] and reviews were highly positive. Somewhere I heard of, where they can help you. Make her alittle girl again, and not . Renthree would be a fool to refuse the offering, and shedoesnt. There are two major problems with your post:. No. He cannot make himselfreach back, but he does hold still. Thank you! I really wasn't sure if I was going overboard with it, but glad you appreciated it! Sometimes, The day previous, Renthree passed through Tirimo, shopping atmarket stalls and smiling cheerfully through her black-daubedlips so as to advertise her presence in the area. By the end of the book, Ill find out that Schaffa survived Syenites attack on the water. Anyway. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Where The Fifth Season followed three distinct storylines set apart in time, The Obelisk Gate focuses on just two simultaneous threads: Essens life in the underground commune (comm) Tarima, which finds itself under threat from within and without; and her daughter Nassuns journey with Essuns husband south toward a comm where the father, Jija, hopes his daughter will be cured of her gift of orogeny a sort of magical, innate ability to alter the very molecules of ones environment, including starting tectonic shifts and communicating with the orbiting obelisks of unknown origin. Her mother has taught herto be very circumspect. Next up: Ive finally begun MacKinlay Cantors Andersonville, winner of the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He would have figured it out eventually, one way or another. [15] [16] It won RT Book Reviews' 2016 award for best high fantasy novel.[17]. N O. I' M TELLING THIS WRONG. Her father strikes her early in the journey, and is immediately overcome with guilt; Nassun, however, learns to harden her heart against him, and stops viewing him as her true father at all. The Obelisk Gate is the second installment of N.K. This understanding floats on the surface of Jijas mind forthe rest of the day after Renthree leaves. She does tremble, andhe does feel her tears sliding down his skin. Jemisin 4.31 138,243 ratings10,720 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fantasy (2016) THE SEASON OF ENDINGS GROWS DARKER Think of it as a logic gate. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Do we know if the audio will be sync-ed with the Kindle version. Harry did not spit on me, Pine cleared up. Andas her thoughts skirl about and her heart screams, she takes astep toward him. 4. But absent any more coherentthought, and as children sometimes do in extreme situations,Nassun . No worries man! Realizing what she has done, Essun swears that Alabasters act of giving his life to save the people of Castrima will not have been done in vain. Hes always done this,because shes always liked the gesture. He finally dies, his body turning completely to stone, after expending the last of his strength to rescue Essun from an attempt to harness the power of one of the nearby obelisks. About twenty-fivethousandyears ago, according to the lorists themselves, which most peoplethink is a blatant lie. The twin but parallel plot strands make The Obelisk Gate a much more straightforward read than its predecessor, in which time seemed deliberately obscured from the reader and the relationship between the three subplots far from clear. Note: this is never explained, on purpose. The sequel, The Obelisk Gate, won the Hugo Award again this year, but while it follows the first in chronology and setting, it has a thoroughly different tenor than the first book did. In truth, lorists are an even older partof life in the Stillness. [7], Niall Alexander, on Tor.com, by contrast, was critical of The Obelisk Gate for falling into what he called "middle volume syndrome", believing that the book.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, sacrifices The Fifth Season's substance and sense of momentum for a far slighter and slower story. She agrees to help. The Obelisk Gate Offers No Easy Fix for a Broken World, 15 Must-Read Science Fiction And Fantasy Books Arriving This August, Riveting 'Obelisk Gate' Shatters The Stillness, The 11 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016, Wired's Required Science Reading From 2016, Women swept nearly every category at the 2017 Hugo Awards, Hugo awards 2017: NK Jemisin wins best novel for second year in a row, This Sci-Fi Author is on a Hugo Winning Streak, Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 given to N.K. Alabaster is dying, his body slowly turning to stone as a consequence of using the energy of the obelisks to break the entire continent in half and trigger the current Fifth Season. WebThe Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin. When she was a baby,she cooed louder when he cupped her there. Then he smiles atJija, and with the unerring sensitivity of a powerful orogenechild, he orients on Jijas pocket and says, Why is shiny there,Daddy?. Jija is standing over his cooling corpse in the den,breathing hard. Plot can become stagnant in order to set-up the third and final book. A massive Season is imminent, likely caused by Essuns former lover Alabaster, who created the Rift that provoked this season but is now himself turning to stone as a result. Her use of this power causes her to accidentally kill one of her classmates by turning him to stone while suffering a nightmare. Jija comes to the door when Renthree knocks, and for aninstant shes a little taken aback. But that is when the peoples of the Arcticsgained a reputation for weakness.) She cannot cheat him. Meanwhile, Jija takes Nassun, the daughter he had with Essun to Found Moon, a place Jija had heard could cure orogeny. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy. Guardians bring these children to the Fulcrum an institution that trains and controls them for the good of society. What she sees frightens her, even if shedoes not understand why. They move south through much hardship, and witness firsthand the devastation wrought by Alabaster's fracturing of the entire continent further north. Thanks, bruh. On top of that, Castrima must pull off genius tricks to thwart their attackers. He is dying, being converted into stone every time he uses orogeny. She swallows, however, andgoes to Renthree immediately to hold out something: a darkchunk of rock, embedded in which can be seen a small, almostcubical diamond. Yet the welcoming smile on his face is wholly genuine,which makes Renthree feel better about what shes decided todo. Finally, they reach the promised settlement: a town called Found Moon, administered by a group of Guardians, though not affiliated with the Fulcrum. Facing the loss of her new home, Essun successfully uses Alabaster's training to repeat his accomplishment, tapping the power of all the obelisks worldwide to form the Obelisk Gate. It's been a few weeks since I read the last book and I have the memory of a goldfish so this will probably be vaguely incorrect. The author has said in interviews that she doesn't like maps, and therefore haven't made a detailed map. N.K. Similar to the narrative shifts in the first book, the story then moves to Nassun Essuns adolescent daughter. [14] Moreover, The Obelisk Gate's victory came as part of a women-heavy slate of winners at the 2017 Hugos, which included best novel, novella, novelette, and short story. She does, however, press her faceagainst his bicep, so comfortingly strong. In practice, many communitieswill take them in, even during a Season, because even themost stoic community wants entertainment during the long coldnights. [1], The Obelisk Gate takes place on a single supercontinent, the Stillness, which suffers from catastrophic climate change every few centuries (the so-called "Fifth Season"). Many of the characters didnt understand what they were even doing, so orogeny had a mystical feel to it. . Greater mysteries, too, with answers offered from strange sources that compel and tantalize, if they can be trusted. The story resumes soon after Nassun's father discovers her brother is an orogene. . Nassun and her father settle in Found Moon, and Nassun begins to rapidly advance through the ranks of the makeshift Fulcrum the Guardians have established. But to answer the question in the recap of someone explaining why Hoa eats rocks, sans TSS spoilers --. On the other hand, Steel/Gray Stone Eater wants to bring the Moon completely back to Earth--colliding the two and killing all humans (possibly Earth and the Stone Eaters, too). Schaffa encourages Nassun to hone her skills and abilities because he believes she exists for a special purpose. Seriously this is a very cool thing you did. Jia had heard that they cured orogene children in a comm there. The second novel in an acclaimed new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated author N. K. Jemisin. unthinkable. He must teach Essun the nature of the obelisks before he dies, alluding that it will help end the Season that he started. Lets face it, The Fifth Season (Book One) gave us so much to think about, I felt like I needed a spreadsheet to log what I knew and what hadnt yet been revealed. Think of it as a logic gate. He emerges as a completely different person, mentally altered by the near death experience. [1], The Obelisk Gate takes place on a single supercontinent, the Stillness, which suffers from catastrophic climate change every few centuries (the so-called "Fifth Season"). A few discreet inquirieslead her to Nassuns home. WebDescription. I think hence the term, but not nrealy Alabaster Tenring madman, world-crusher, savior has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever. These issues are exacerbated by the appearance of a raiding party from a rival comm, Rennanis, who have left their home further north and intend to take Castrima by force. She previously won the Locus Award for her first novel,The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and her short fiction and novels have been nominated multiple times for Hugo, World Fantasy and Nebula awards, and shortlisted for the Crawford and the James Tiptree, Jr. awards. I am me, and you. Alabaster begins imparting some of his knowledge to Essun concerning the obelisks and the nature of orogeny. Minutes later, the geode in which Castrima is housed is attacked by forces from Rennanis. Oh this is very appreciated. Now its just how one knows a lorist: by the lips, andby the stack of polymer tablets they carry, and by the shabbyclothes they tend to wear, and by the fact that they usually donot have real comm names. The gravitational weight of the moon passing by the earth at speed causes the instability of fifth seasons. Also present in Castrima is Alabaster, Essun's former lover and an immensely powerful Fulcrum orogene. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. WebSummary. 448pp (Paperback) My Rating: 10/10. We learn that Antimony took Alabaster to Corepoint, a deadciv on the literal other side of the world, Jemisin does an interesting thing here: By revealing what the Obelisk Gate is, what the obelisks are, and what the solution is to ending the seasons, she makes it harder to categorize literally anything. Nassun knows it has some value, but she has no inkling that thepretty rock shes just given to Renthree is worth a house or two. Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The words, in his lisping toddler-language,are cute. He struggles to teach Essun to use it effectively as his condition deteriorates, all the while reconciling with Essun over the death of their child years ago. Whereas The Fifth Season focused on introducing characters, setting, and orogeny, The Obelisk Gate focuses on what is really at stake in Jemisins world. 6 of 8 7 of 8 FILE - Graduates walk at a Harvard Commencement ceremony held for the classes of 2020 and 2021, May 29, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Finally, they reach the promised settlement: a town called Found Moon, administered by a group of Guardians, though not affiliated with the Fulcrum. Rennanis' offensive is aided by their own faction of stone eaters, who are opposed to Alabaster and Antimony's plans. Nassun doesnt have any money beyond her allowance, yousee, and shed already spent that on books and sweets when wordcame that a lorist was in town. But even then, this adds so much. Although I was disappointed by some elements of this novel, the overarching concepts were thought-provoking, and the book was outright fun to read. How close are we to becoming them? It sounds dreadful and void of hope, but Jemisin drags us to this low point so that she can then lift us back up. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] It was the second award for Jemisin's Broken Earth series (after The Fifth Season in 2016), making Jemisin the first author in over two decades to win the Best Novel Hugo in two consecutive years. He is about to drown when, out of desperation, he allows the entity (manifested as a force of pure rage) that powers his and the other Guardians' abilities to take control of his body for a brief period. A stone eater stands at all times by his side. . It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I hope the last chapters will finally reveal everything I am missing. Insteadshe asks Nassun to sit, and then she tells stories to her smallaudience for the rest of the afternoon, until the sun makes longshadows down the valley slope and through the trees. Whom you will get back. He stands straddling Uches body; she cant grab him aroundthe waist the way she wants. The story is told primarily from the perspectives of Essun, a powerful orogene driven out of her home at the beginning of the first book, and Nassun, her adolescent daughter. Jemisins Broken Earth trilogy a remarkable fantasy series that surges with intensity while making biting critiques on society. So when Hoa turns himself into a flesh-form, he loses a lot of who and what he truly is. Thank you for writing this up!I Was just googling for a summary with no luck but of course r/fantasy has me covered. And thats what Alabaster wanted. And such an interesting tid bit of information. Shes only eight. The town is led by Schaffa, who has used it to shelter young orogenes during the years since he arrived. A larger neighboring comm, Rennanis is trying to take over the smaller comm so it can benefit from the resources Castrima offers. It does look, This is a welcomed transition. The nature of the Obelisks is at least partly explained, and she sets up what I assume will be the narrative of the third book, The Stone Sky, how Essun and Nassun will interact with the Obelisks to save the world (or at least parts of it). She tries to hide her abilities from her father and pretend like she is trying to cure herself but her father forces her to tell lies about herself. Nassun has always been close to her father, due largely to her strict and unforgiving relationship with her mother Essun, who has been secretly teaching her to hone her orogenic abilities in order to avoid detection. This is really helpful!! This is a good man. WebRead a sample from THE OBELISK GATE by N. K. Jemisin The second novel in an acclaimed new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-nominated author N. K. Jemisin 1 Nassun, on the rocks Hmm. She cant. They avoid talking about what happened back in town, and Nassun looks to blame her mother for it. In the morning she heads into Tirimo. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. Besides, it is led by orogenes. (All lorists take the comm name Stone, and the usename Lorist, it being one of the rarer use-castes.) Nassun struggles to understand why her father hates her so much since he has learned that she is an orogene even though she has not changed. I hate series. Castrima is saved, but the mechanisms of the geode have been irreparably damaged by the assault, and the comm faces starvation and suffocation if they remain. We can imagine what she thought,felt, did. So lorists are no longer Regwo, but most of them tint theirlips black in the Regwos memory. She wants comfort. Let me explain. As revealed at the end of The Fifth Season, the Moon has not been seen for at least several thousand years prior to the events of the book, and most are not aware it ever existed. Jija flinches. But possible. The Obelisk Gate. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. He carries the bits of his true self around with him, in the form of the crystals from his transformative cocoon. After all, a person is herself, and others. Sometimes, anyway. There are records of lorists existing as farback as the long-rumoredEggshell Season. He murmurs to her, Get your things. Schaffa, Essun's former Guardian, awakens underwater after Essun's devastating counterattack during the climax of The Fifth Season. 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