<p><b><font>Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel<br>The second book in the record-breaking triple Hugo Award-winning trilogy</font></b><br><br><b>The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night.</b><br> Essun has found shelter, but not her missing daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request only Essun can grant.<br><br> Praise for this trilogy:<br><b><font></b><b>''Amazing''</b> Ann Leckie<br><b>''Breaks uncharted ground''</b><i>Library Journal</i><br><b>''Beautiful''</b> Nnedi Okorafor<br><b>''Astounding''</b><i>NPR</i><br><b>''Brilliant''</b><i>Washington Post</i><br><b>''Heartbreaking, wholly unexpected''</b> Brian Staveley<br><b>''Awesome''</b><i> Book Smugglers</i><br><b>''A powerful story of hope and survival''</b><i> The Root</i><b></font></b><br><br>The Broken Earth trilogy begins with<i><b>The Fifth Season</b></i>, continues in <i><b>The Obelisk Gate</b></i>and concludes with <b>