49 pages • 1 hour read
The World We Make
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Overview
The World We Make, published in 2022, is the second fantasy novel in N. K. Jemisin’s Great Cities trilogy. Jemisin is a three-time Hugo Award winner and New York Times best-selling author who writes across fantasy and science fiction subgenres and is best known for exploring themes of oppression and racial injustice. This guide references an e-book version of the 2022 Orbit Books edition.
Content Warning: The source material deals extensively with xenophobia and racism, including slurs and racist violence. There are also allusions to anti-gay/anti-queer sentiment.
Plot Summary
The World We Make picks up three months after the events of the first book in the Great Cities trilogy have transpired. Neek, the formerly unnamed primary avatar of New York City, is now living in a house with several of the other avatars. The mysterious Manhattan, or “Manny,” pays for these lodgings. Although Staten Island remains tethered to R’lyeh, the other five boroughs (now including Jersey City) and Neek try to prepare for the next conflict. R’lyeh sends periodic reminders of the looming threat, using tendrils to control peoples’ bodies and a haunting song that influences the thoughts of the city’s inhabitants.
Soon the avatars find themselves attacked in unexpected ways.
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