We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull audiobook

We Are the Crisis: A Novel

By Cadwell Turnbull
Read by Dion Graham

Blackstone Publishing 9781982603755

The Convergence Saga: Book 2

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A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The long-awaited sequel to No Gods, No Monsters from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull, We Are the Crisis sees humans and monsters clash as civil rights collide with preternatural forces. Three years after the Monster Massacre, members of Rebecca’s old wolf pack have begun to go missing without a trace. The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift on the horizon. Is there any hope for lasting peace? Or are these events just precursors to a devastating monster-human war? Meanwhile, beneath it all, two ancient orders escalate their mysterious conflict, revealing dangerous secrets about the gods and the very origins of magic in the universe …

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Summary

Summary

Finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award

Finalist for the 2024 Ignyte Award 

One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year in Fiction

A Library Journal Best Book of 2023 in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A Locus Magazine Pick of Favorite Reads of the Year

A Goodreads Editor's Pick of Personal Favorites for 2023

A New York Times Pick of New Books in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A Barnes & Noble Favorite Indie Book of the Month

A Trinidad Daily Express Pick of Top Books

An io9/Gizmodo Pick of the Month's Best Sci-Fi

A Tor.com Pick of the Month's New Fantasy Books 

A Reads Rainbow Pick of November

A BookRiot Pick of Books Out This Week

A Geek Girl Authority Pick of Books on Our Radar

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

The long-awaited sequel to No Gods, No Monsters from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull, We Are the Crisis sees humans and monsters clash as civil rights collide with preternatural forces.

Three years after the Monster Massacre, members of Rebecca’s old wolf pack have begun to go missing without a trace.

The world has undergone many changes in the years since monsters came out of the shadows. An anti-monster group known as the Black Hand has started to organize across the United States. In response, pro-monster organizations have been growing in numbers and militancy. Targeted killings of suspected monsters and their allies, monsters spirited away in the dead of night, and the beginnings of pro-monster legislation are all signs of a cosmic shift on the horizon. Is there any hope for lasting peace? Or are these events just precursors to a devastating monster-human war?

Meanwhile, beneath it all, two ancient orders escalate their mysterious conflict, revealing dangerous secrets about the gods and the very origins of magic in the universe …

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull follows his excellent No Gods, No Monsters, and it’s every bit as good as its predecessor…Marshaling many characters, factions, and realities into his narrative, he gives almost every scene the intimate gravity of a tête-à-tête.” —New York Times Book Review
“A stylish literary take on urban fantasy…Remarkable, relentlessly provocative, and often beautifully written.” —Locus
“Horrifying but satisfying…We Are the Crisis is replete with secrets.” —Foreword Reviews
“Graham maintains a patient yet engaging cadence in a slightly gravelly voice that grabs the ear…A rich fantasy tale brimming with all-too-human monsters and vicious humans is brought to life by a capable narrator.” —AudioFile
“The perfect choice for listeners who enjoy speculative fiction that bravely tackles real-world issues.” —Library Journal (audio review)
“Turnbull’s plotting keeps the pace moving, his characters are interesting, and his ambition is vast. It’s a good combination of qualities.” —Tor.com
“We Are the Crisis is the best kind of sequel. The kind that takes everything you loved about the first book and amplifies it, deepening the shadows and sharpening the edges. Here, vampires and werewolves, shapeshifters and monsters, gods and entities we might not have true names for, mingle with humanity in a multiverse riven with hidden wars, secret terrors, and open conflict. In that harsh landscape, Turnbull turns our minds to the things that can hold the universe together: love, friendship, compassion, cooperation, and resistance, even in the face of death and defeat. This book is a masterful feat of bold, original, and utterly compelling storytelling.” —Maria Haskins, author and translator
“Many have wondered what magic would do to our world, and Cadwell Turnbull’s vision in We Are the Crisis brings a level of realism, empathy, love, and terror that will leave readers breathless. His narrative feats are only made more impressive when you understand how hard it is to write a book this engaging, this readable, while actively asking the reader to trust you at every page. But Turnbull never loses focus on the beating, human heart at the center of this book of monsters in crisis. It is that clarity of purpose, that keen insight as sharp as claws, that causes his star to burn and ascend ever higher. I’ll read anything Cadwell Turnbull writes.” —Martin Cahill, Ignyte-nominated writer and reviewer
“Cadwell Turnbull has written a hurricane of a novel, a swift and sprawling storm system of intrigue, horror, and wonder. Few books have captured the human stakes of being inside momentous social change like We Are the Crisis. In the great tradition of speculative fiction exploring social division and solidarity, from Butler and Le Guin to the X-Men, the Convergence Saga is utterly, powerfully singular.” —Theodore McCombs, author of Uranians
“In Turnbull’s universe, monsters are real, and the world is still reeling and dealing with the revelation…Characters both old and new continue to drive the action and emotion in this time-sliding tale as the tension builds to another heart-stopping ending…Turnbull continues to use his deft prose to tie themes of hate, social change, and backlash into an enthralling fantasy series.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Powerful and intricate…A densely packed whirlwind of magic and social change, and Turnbull keeps readers on their toes throughout. The exploration of otherness, class, and race is as nuanced and robust as ever as Turnbull expands the scope of the ‘monsterverse,’ taking on—and reveling in—the political complexities of this supernatural world. Fans of book one won’t want to miss this.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Rich, brilliant, and often sad, because this contemporary fantasy pulls no punches; blood will regretfully be spilt.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“The stakes grow higher in this sequel to No Gods, No Monsters, so does the death toll. The only things unchanged are the sharp prose, and the stunning portrayal of otherness and change. Turnbull’s work is addictive. The deeper we dive into this monstrous universe, the harder it is to let go. I want more, always more.” —Sylvain Neuvel, author of the Themis Files and Take Them to the Stars series
“Turnbull’s Convergence Saga delivers compelling characters, unique structure, and literary lines. On top of that, the way he plays with the urban fantasy genre is a great combination of entertainment and more literary fantasy.” —Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together

Reviews

Reviews

by Mister Tea Mykel 11/30/2023
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Cadwell Turnbull is a great writer who weaves together conspiracy, fear, and empathy, first with No Gods, No Monsters and now with its sequel We Are the Crisis. He’s a storyteller who doesn’t shy from igniting his multiverses with sparks of social change and speculative fiction.
Though well written, in my opinion, at times Crisis is a little too literal and pretentious. Turnbull’s overtly broad painting with brushstrokes of predictable virtue signaling wouldn’t allow for my suspension of disbelief, vital for an enthralling, believable fiction. And isn’t that the intention, to parrot reality, to make one believe events are possible? Crisis never felt real for me for one moment, unfortunately. Then, conversely at times, dialogue seemed overly vague and unusually abstract. Too figurative, the feeling of being unfinished, almost. Sometimes I just wanted characters to say what they really meant and ditch the broad riddle-speak lines of poetry no living person on the planet would every say in real life.
In my opinion, in the art or storytelling, the juxtaposition between over-amplifying one’s moral philosophy but also leaving too much for interpretation can be distracting. To me, Turnbull found a much better momentum, a thought-provoking balance between these two extremes, in No Gods.

Author

Author Bio: Cadwell Turnbull

Author Bio: Cadwell Turnbull

Cadwell Turnbull is the award-winning author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019. His novel The Lesson won the 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Award in the debut category. The novel was also shortlisted for the VCU Cabell Award and longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Awards. His novel No Gods, No Monsters is the winner of a Lambda Award and was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award. Turnbull grew up on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

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Available Formats : Digital Download, CD, MP3 CD, Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Paperback
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Runtime: 9.13
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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