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Description
The year is 2454.
Humanity has engineered a hard-won golden age, forged in the aftermath of a bitter conflict that wiped both religion and nation state from the planet. Now seven factions or 'hives' co-govern the world, their rule fuelled by benign censorship, oracular statistical analytics and technological abundance. But this is a fragile Utopia – and someone is intent on pushing it to breaking point.
Convicted for his crimes, celebrated for his talents, Mycroft Canner is the indentured instrument – and confidant – of some of the world's most powerful figures. When he is asked to investigate a bizarre theft, he finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that could shatter the tranquil world order the Hives have maintained for three centuries.
But Mycroft has his own secrets. He is concealing a much greater threat to the seven Hives, a wild card no degree of statistical analysis could have prophesied. This threat takes the unlikely form of a thirteen-year-old called Bridger. For how will a world that has banished God deal with a child who can perform miracles?
Product details
Published | 01 Jan 2018 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 576 |
ISBN | 9781786699503 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | Terra Ignota |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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More intricate, more plausible, more significant than any debut I can recall
Cory Doctorow
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The kind of science fiction that makes me excited all over again about what science fiction can do
Jo Walton
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Thought-provoking, disturbing, occasionally perverted, and always entertaining. Worldbuilding at its richest
Kirkus Reviews
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Incredibly ambitious and groundbreaking... Palmer writes gloriously lush prose stuffed with asides, allusions and nods to the reader'
Guardian
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Admirable in its scope and attention to detail... A book thats quirky and makes you think'
Concatenation
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A powerful, beautifully written novel... It is a mystery, historic document, social commentary and futuristic science fiction all combined to make an excellent novel'
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