'A glorious fantasy, set in that most imaginary of cities, New York' Neil Gaiman on THE CITY WE BECAME

'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation. . .Jemisin seems able to do just about everything'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold'
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Five 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. K. Jemisin.

Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five.

But every city also has a dark side. 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.


'The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy'
GQ

'N. K. Jemisin is a powerhouse of speculative fiction'
BUSTLE

***Winner of Best Fantasy at the Audie Awards***
***Winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel***
***Shortlisted for the Hugo Awards***
***Nominated for the Nebula Awards***

Also by N. K. Jemisin:
The Inheritance trilogy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
The Broken Kingdoms
The Kingdom of Gods

The Dreamblood Duology
The Killing Moon
The Shadowed Sun

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.

Reviews
One of the most celebrated new voices in epic fantasy

Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold

Arguably the most important speculative writer of her generation . . . She's that good

The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation... Jemisin seems able to do just about everything

The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy

N. K. Jemisin is a powerhouse of speculative fiction


Awards
Winner of British Science Fiction Association Awards 2021 (UK) and Audie Awards Best Fantasy Novel 2021 (UK). Short-listed for Nebula Award for Best Novel 2021 (UK) and Hugo Awards 2021 (UK) and The Kitschies Red Tentacle 2021 (UK) and The Kitschies Inky Tentacle 2021 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780356512686
Author N. K. Jemisin
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 333g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 34mm