Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling 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 bFive New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling 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.(less)