The Obelisk Gate N K Jemisin by N. K. Jemisin 9780356508368, 0356508366, B01922I1GG instant download after payment.

The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring – madman, world-crusher, saviour – has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever.  But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. 

"The Fifth Season was absolutely dazzling in its complex structure and origami plot; I shivered as it folded to reveal itself at the end. The Obelisk Gate is no less effective, but its impact is felt at a deeper level—down under the skin, deep in the viscera of this broken earth."  -  Ceridwen Christensen, The Barnes & Noble Review

It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy. It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last. The Stillness is the wall that stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world N. K. Jemisin's award-winning trilogy continues in the sequel to The Fifth Season.

"The worldbuilding deepens in this instalment, with fresh revelations about the distant past and the true and alarming nature of the enigmatic stone eaters. But as in the previous volume, it’s the people who take front and centre. Jemisin’s depictions of mob behaviour are frighteningly realistic. And she offers a perceptive and painful portrayal of two different kinds of abusive relationships between parent and child. She also generates huge amounts of nuanced sympathy for some (but not all) of the characters driven to do truly dreadful things, often accidentally, to save themselves and the ones they love. Stunning, again."  -  Kirkus Reviews