N. K. Jemisin

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts “a glorious fantasy” (Neil Gaiman) — a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City, that began with The City We Became.

The World We Make

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In the months since Padmini becane Queens, she has often contemplated whether there are human embodiments for other existential concepts. If all it tajes is enough human minds sharing space and thought, then why aren't there human embodiments of countries, races, and subcultures? Many religions incorporate the concepts of an avatar, but shouldn't even the ones that don't still spawn a few? Why don't sport teams have avatars? Why isn't Gritty immortal and magical by now? Because if the same thing can happen for any concept, then Aishwarya is surely the human embodiment of a tropical cyclone. Padmini feels increasingly certain of this. 

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