The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition

By: N. K. Jemisin

Narrated by: Robin Miles

The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR)

The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.

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

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.

*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

Critic reviews

"Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold."—Entertainment Weekly

"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. Her accomplishment in this series is tremendous. 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

"Jemisin builds off of the strong foundation laid in The Fifth Season ... an interesting new series."
—Booklist on The Obelisk Gate

"Exceptional."—Library Journal (starred review) on The Obelisk Gate

"Stunning, again."—Kirkus (starred review) on The Obelisk Gate

"[How] 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.... Absolutely dazzling."—B&N Reviews on The Obelisk Gate

"Stunning.... Jemisin's most accomplished series yet."—RT Book Reviews on The Obelisk Gate

"Jemisin is a tremendously talented writer on every level and she's at the top of her game here. 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

"Brilliant characters, vivid world, and pacing . . . .The Obelisk Gate is an incredibly ambitious and important novel."—The Verge on The Obelisk Gate

"Intricate and extraordinary."—New York Times on The Fifth Season

"[The Fifth Season is] an ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn't become apparent till toward the end ... Jemisin's work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy."—Guardian on The Fifth Season

"Astounding... Jemisin maintains a gripping voice and an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting, but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come."—NPR Books on The Fifth Season

"Jemisin's graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Fifth Season

"A must-buy...breaks uncharted ground."—Library Journal (starred review) on The Fifth Season

I am truly loving this series

This has been a great series so far. Something new and fresh. The only thing that’s not as amazing as the story is the background music. I thought it would be some thing a little bit more than what it is.

still good but not as good as the first

I found myself more invested and interested in the characters and plot of the first book. this one dragged a little for me about 75% of the way through. still held my attention, though I had to rewind and relisten in some areas because my mind would wander.

A fabulous continuation of the saga

The great conflict rages though the pawns are only seldom aware. Remember what was missing? Those who are lost can sometimes be found again. Titanic power and petty hatred, love and camaraderie all mix and mingle to give you book 2 of this delightfully original series.

Jemisin's world is detailed, beautiful and horrific while Miles' performance gives you every nuance and inflection of emotion, strategy, intrigue, and revelation.

if you enjoyed book 1 don't hesitate to fall upward into this world yet again.

Really into this series

I enjoyed the first book more. Maybe because I liked the characters better and the creative way you learned about the protagonists life. I love the strength of the female leads. Not sure if I like the added music very much.

Great story, absolutely hate the background music!!

Whoever thought background music would be a good idea for an audiobook should be flogged. I love the story and the narrator is good, too. But the background noise is distracting and frustrating.