2manybooks2readin1lifetime 's review for:

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

4.0

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Continues on from The Fifth Season with Essun's story, plus her daughter Nassun's also now, after the catastrophe of 'the Rifting' a human-made massive geological catastrophe. Fills in more details about the history of the planet

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(probably Earth in the distant future)

and the politics that came about to control the Orogenes

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(who were presumably genetically engineered to control the unstable planet)

. Again themes of power, control, xenophobia and what humans will do when pushed to survive.

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Essun and Nassun will probably be involved in some way in the attempt to reinstall the Moon in Earth's orbit to stabilize it

. Excellent continuation of the series and I look forward to reading The Stone Sky.