But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. 'Essun-once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger-has found shelter, but not her daughter.

Jemisin, check out: The Inheritance Trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella) Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun The Broken Earth The Fifth SeasonThe Obelisk Gate'. She renames herself Essun and eventually marries a man named Jija, settling in the comm of Tirimo. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world. When Guardians threaten to recapture them, a stone eater drags Alabaster into the ground, and Syenite kills their child rather than allow him to be enslaved. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Essuns missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this magnificent Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. Essun - once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger - has found shelter, but not her daughter. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy. 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. ''Intricate and extraordinary.'-New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. The Obelisk Gate The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night.

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