The City We Became (The Great Cities #1)

Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning & New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.

In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful & powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her.
In Brooklyn, a politician & mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.

And they're not the only ones.

Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, & 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 & her five protectors unless they can come together & stop it once & for all. 

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

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

N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began with The City We Became & 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

'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 & narratively bold' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY