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The World We Make

By N. K. Jemisin
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Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.

All 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. 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.

N.K. 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.


The Great Cities Duology
The City We Became
The World We Make

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“You can tell that tel life events has sapped Jemisin’s creativity in this book. It’s very uneven, and as usual, I find the whole metaphysical concept and the final boss fight difficult to follow. That said, the characters as personifications of f various cities was still a delight to read, and it was very inspiring for our current times (2025.) I will definitely be reading more of Jemisin in the future.”
“I love how this book builds on the last one and expands how cities use constructs and concepts as attacks. Each of the avatars feel real and rooted in reality. Nyc and Manny have the dynamic of polar stars revolving around each other throughout the story. Manny remembering who he truly is, his history, was interesting. I would have liked to see more of his dynamics with his family and the conflict between staying Manhattan or becoming Chicago. Brooklyn got some of the best scenes. Her courtroom scene was amazing. I loved the detail of the judge using her lyrics to banish the tentacle. The car chase was another moment where you just had to love NYC's sense of humor. Running for mayor felt like a natural progression for her character. Padmini joined Bronca and Vanessa as one of my favorite characters. Her unwillingness to let anyone hurt the man who attacked her, especially after the bad day she had, showed how truly strong she was. The scenes of her in Atlantis were some of my favorite. It made me wish I could visit that city. The math queen figured out how to stop the Woman in White and her boss using logical arguments, math and science. I wish there was more in this world, but overall I'm always glad I read this duology.”

About N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin is the first author in history to win three consecutive Best Novel Hugo Awards, all for her Broken Earth trilogy. Her work has also won the Nebula, Locus, and Goodreads Choice Awards. She has been a reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and an instructor for the Clarion and Clarion West writing workshops. In her spare time, she is a gamer and gardener, and she is also single-handedly responsible for saving the world from King Ozzymandias, her dangerously intelligent ginger cat, and his phenomenally destructive sidekick Magpie.

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