![]() ![]() ![]() The world has lasted this long because of orogenes, people born with the ability to manipulate thermodynamics such that they can quell shakes and divert disaster. In the world of the Stillness, earthquakes occur with such devastating frequency that their aftermath is called a Fifth Season: a season of ashy skies, boiled oceans, fauna and flora that change their behavior in accordance with the vicious atmosphere. If anything they feel like one smooth story, broken, Scheherezade-like, at their most compelling points. ![]() Spoilers for The Fifth Season will of course follow - these are not stand-alone books by any means. ![]() Not only could I not put it down - I couldn't come up for air long enough to comment on it while forsaking sleep and food in order to finish it. If anything it's even more engrossing than The Fifth Season, picking up right where that first book left off and plunging us deep into the Evil Earth and all its machinations. By rights it should be full of the things we forgive middle books: necessary stalling development of characters less interesting than in the first volume but nevertheless plot-critical all the weary setup of scaffolding from which to launch the finale.īut it isn't. The Obelisk Gate is the second book in a trilogy that makes me forget everything people say about second books in trilogies. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Obelisk Gate Author N. ![]()
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