In City We Became, New York was born as a fully sentient city.
That birth suffered complications, Staten Island’s Avatar enabled the woman in white to maintain a foothold in this dimension. Queens is threatened with deportation. Brooklyn is running for mayor against a dark money Senator who wants to ‘Make NY Great Again' and Manny is trying to rally older cities to New York’s aid with varying degrees of success. Jemisin once again sends a love letter to New York and the immigrant New Yorkers who shaped her.
If you haven't read City We Became I would start with that - be prepared to be uncomfortable. Jemisin will prick your conscience whilst entertaining the hell out of you.
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