![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That sense has grown stronger in the hours since New York's birth, rather than weaker, as it should have - and it is changing, too, in a way he's never before experienced. The grid pattern of Manhattan and the pleasant Brazilian Portuguese voice of Google Maps both make up for his lost sense of direction, and presently he reaches the place that pings on his senses as intrusion, interference, inimical. In this scene, São Paulo has come to mentor the newly born New York City, and finds himself confronting an evil intrusion in a Manhattan park. We're excited to bring you an exclusive first read of The City We Became. And those human avatars must battle eldritch horrors from beyond to protect the cities they embody. This is a world where some cities - the ones where people are constantly coming and going, bringing their oddities and their energies - become so lively that they literally come alive, as human avatars. Her new book hits a little closer to home - The City We Became is set in New York, but with a twist. ![]() Jemisin is fresh off of winning three Hugo Awards in a row for her powerful Broken Earth trilogy - set on a world wracked with constant geological upheavals, where only the despised and exploited people known as orogenes can calm the quakes. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The City We Became Author N. ![]()
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