Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
The Obelisk Gate
by N. K. Jemisin
Summary
The middle book of the Broken Earth trilogy follows Essun as she shelters in an underground community while learning to master the floating obelisks that hold immense power. Her estranged daughter Nassun, also an orogene, walks a separate and darker path under her father's control. Jemisin deepens the world's history and its questions about whether a broken planet deserves saving.
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Historical Context & Significance
Its win made Jemisin the second consecutive year she claimed Best Novel, continuing her historic three book streak.