In 'The Obelisk Gate', the second book in N. K. Jemisin's Hugo Award-winning Broken Earth trilogy, the world teeters on the brink of apocalypse. The narrative continues the journey of Essun, a powerful orogene who has the ability to control seismic activity. The tale further darkens as Essun searches for her missing daughter Nassun in a land slipping into a catastrophic forever winter. Nassun, meanwhile, comes into her own mysterious powers that could lead to the world's salvation—or its ultimate destruction. All while Essun must come to terms with Alabaster Tenring, the man who wishes to end the world, and confront a request that might cement the fate of the Stillness permanently. It's a harrowing tale of survival, power, and the enduring fight against annihilation.