'Intricate and extraordinary.'- New York Times on The Fifth Season The Obelisk Gate is an incredibly ambitious and important novel.'- The Verge on The Obelisk Gate 'Brilliant characters, vivid world, and pacing.

I love books that beat me up and take my lunch money, and this one left me bruised, breathless, and desperate for the final volume.'- Rose Fox, senior reviews editor Publishers Weekly, (PW Staff Picks: The Best Books We Read in 2016) on The Obelisk Gate

'Jemisin is a tremendously talented writer on every level and she's at the top of her game here. Jemisin's most accomplished series yet.'- RT Book Reviews on The Obelisk Gate Absolutely dazzling.'- B&N Reviews on The Obelisk Gate ' can something as large and complex as this story exist in her head, and how does she manage to tell it to me so beautifully? I can't stand how much I love The Broken Earth trilogy so far. 'Stunning, again.'- Kirkus (starred review) on The Obelisk Gate 'Exceptional.'- Library Journal (starred review) on The Obelisk Gate 'Jemisin builds off of the strong foundation laid in The Fifth Season. It pole-vaults over the expectations I had for what epic fantasy should be and stands in magnificent testimony to what it could be.'- NPR on The Obelisk Gate Her accomplishment in this series is tremendous. 'Beyond the meticulous pacing, the thorough character work, and the staggering ambition and revelations of the narration, Jemisin is telling a story of our present, our failures, our actions in the face of repeated trauma, our responses to the heat and pressure of our times. 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold.'- Entertainment Weekly

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