N. K. Jemisin’s latest book sees New York itself come alive to fight off aliens in the first part of a new trilogy with ethnicity at its heart
Humans
15 April 2020
By Jason Arunn Murugesu
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RIGHT now, the world feels like it is on the brink. The news is punishing, and cabin fever for those in lockdown is starting to set in. Will we all be OK? How long will it last? What will be left?
The City We Became provides a desperately needed escape. It is the first part of a new trilogy by N. K. Jemisin, who has won science fiction’s much-coveted Hugo Award three times.
The novel …
