Lovecraft was a genre-defining writer and an unapologetic racist: His story “ The Horror at Red Hook” made the diverse immigrant neighborhood the literal gateway to hell.) Jemisin brings all of her considerable skill and talent to bear on “The City We Became,” which is epic in ambition and scope: This first novel in a series is a multicultural twist on - and sharp riposte to - Lovecraftian speculative fiction. Jemisin is a veteran writer and a decorated one: Her previous books, including the Inheritance trilogy, the Broken Earth series and the story collection “ How Long ‘til Black Future Month?,” have won a Nebula Award, two Locuses and a record-setting three Hugos. You barely have a moment to steady yourself - grab a seat, or at least a pole - before the world is lurching forward, dragging you into inky darkness, pulling you around corners at breathless speed. Jemisin’s “The City We Became” is a novel concerned with the pleasures and violences of urban life, so it makes sense that reading it feels a little like riding the subway for the first time. 'The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy' A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all. New York City? She's got five.īut every city also has a dark side. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold'įive New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.

'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation.Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' 'A glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York' Neil Gaiman on THE CITY WE BECAME Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city from an ancient evil in the first book of a stunning new series by New York Times bestselling author N. An astonishing new fantasy tale from the record-breaking, triple Hugo Award-winning author of The Fifth Season.

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