The Book Depository The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemisin
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Description: The Obelisk Gate : Paperback : Orbit : 9780316229265 : 0316229261 : 16 Aug 2016 : 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--. The Book Depository The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemisin - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Paul T.
Rating: 5
Review: The Obelisk Gate picks up several years after the events of the first book in the trilogy (The Fifth Season), and it begins with a cataclysmic event that could wipe out all life on Earth. Trying desperately to cope with results of this disaster and simultaneous personal tragedy, is the main character from book one, though now she goes by a different name. Other old characters reappear, and new ones are introduced, against a background of an increasingly desperate struggle for survival. But to add to this are new revelations about the mysterious power that is concentrated in the great, floating Obelisks - but also in the fearsome Guardians and the mysterious Stone Eaters. And a very few people who can perceive and control this power. It's interesting that this is named 'magic', which might give the impression that this is a fantasy. But this is a very different sort of magic, which has more to do with an ancient technology than any sort of hocus pocus. Another very absorbing and finely crafted novel from Jemisin. I'm straight on to read the next - the world and the plot and the characters are too intricate to leave for long, in case I forget some important detail!
Author: Rossen V
Rating: 3
Review: Basically the same book. It goes on and on about the main idea of the books (Society hates the magicians, which is bad. It - society - has created different ways in repressing the magicians. Father willing to kill his two children because they’re magicians? C’mon). I guess that’s the main idea of the books. The setting is great. They are slowly revealing the veil covering the dead civ mysteries. The characters I am not sure about. Surprising, illogical. The relationships feel real. I want to see characters dealing and using their powers solving every day problems. Helping with the dishes or laundry…
