It’s some of the most brilliant, unapologetic speculative fantasy I’ve read in years.'- Washington Post The writing is clear and visceral and intense. 'The kind of book you lose an entire day to.and emerge shaken and dazzled on the other end. If The City We Became is a love letter to New York City, then The World We Make is a love song.' 'Jemisin molds real world events from the past few years with magic and myth into this fantastical page-turner. 'Jemisin is one of the most highly decorated writers in fantasy and science fiction today.' The Great Cities Duology The City We Became Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became and concludes with The World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most important writers of her generation. In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings, the avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.

A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and 'law and order' may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.Īll is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading-and destroying the entire universe in the process-the mysterious capital 'E' Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K.

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