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The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin is a vivid and imaginative continuation of a battle for New York City's soul. In this dynamic blend of reality and speculative fiction, personified boroughs must unite to confront a looming existential threat. With characteristic depth and complexity, the narrative explores themes of community, resilience, and identity against a backdrop of a transforming urban landscape.
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The World We Make

An astonishing new fantasy tale from the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning author of The Fifth Season. Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city from an ancient evil in the final instalment of this stunning series by New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin, the sequel to The City We Became.

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From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes 'a glorious fantasy' (Neil Gaiman) - a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City We Became, this is the final book of the Great Cities Duology.

Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six.

But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek 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. 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. 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.

'Hopeful and enthralling, The World We Make is more evidence of [Jemisin's] ferocious talent' Esquire

'Jemisin brings her living-city saga to a satisfying conclusion, maintaining a sense of energy and excitement throughout' Booklist

'Jemisin embodies the spirit of the city in as lush and lively a voice as ever and does a masterful job incorporating even more history and magic' Publishers Weekly

'The conclusion to Jemisin's Great Cities duology is a searing commentary on present-day politics as manipulated by a primordial evil...This riveting and powerful urban fantasy duology is masterfully written' BuzzFeed News

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The World We Make is highly praised for its hopeful and enthralling narrative, serving as further proof of N. K. Jemisin’s formidable talent.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780356512723

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orbit

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 263g

Pages: 384

About the Author

N. K. Jemisin is the first author in history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, for her Broken Earth trilogy. She is a MacArthur 2020 Genius Grant Fellow. Her work has won the Nebula and Locus Awards, and the first book in her current Great Cities series, The City We Became, is a New York Times bestseller. Among other critical work, she was formerly the speculative book reviewer at the New York Times. In her spare time she's a gamer and gardener, responsible for saving the world from Ozymandias, her dangerously intelligent ginger cat, and his destructive sidekick Magpie. Essays and fiction excerpts are available at nkjemisin.com.

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