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The City We Became

By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
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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.

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 best-selling 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.

©2020 N. K. Jemisin (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK Fantasy Fiction Paranormal

Critic reviews

"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)
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really enjoyed listening to this. it's very worth getting past the brief iffy British accent that someone else was put off by as that was a very small part! performance and story telling amazing

Great read

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I've never seen the real New York, but Jemisin writes about it like I think of my own City. Warts and all, but with affection that speaks from the heart.

Psychogeography at its best

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Absolutely stuck with it due to the great narration but found it hard going at times . Maybe if it was about my home city I would have enjoyed the trip more. But a imaginative concept well written .PS listen to credits at end . Never have the copyright details been so entertaining !

Crazy apocalyptic rollercoaster

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Such a creative, compelling story... one that I enjoyed, even without being a New Yorker (or an American). Robin Miles' narration is absolutely fantastic here... spectacular!

Thoroughly entertaining...

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I need more cities and their personhoods 🥺🥺🥺
it was just so incredibly good in every way

just excellent

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