Description: Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer The year is 2454: Earths hard-won utopian society is threatened by a young boy with apparently god-like powers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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 worlds 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? Author Biography Ada Palmer is an author, historian and composer. She did her PhD at Harvard, teaches History at the University of Chicago, blogs at ExUrbe.com, composes close harmony folk music and performs with the a capella group Sassafrass. Review More intricate, more plausible, more significant than any debut I can recall -- Cory DoctorowThe kind of science fiction that makes me excited all over again about what science fiction can do -- Jo WaltonThought-provoking, disturbing, occasionally perverted, and always entertaining. Worldbuilding at its richest * Kirkus Reviews *Incredibly ambitious and groundbreaking... Palmer writes gloriously lush prose stuffed with asides, allusions and nods to the reader * Guardian *Admirable in its scope and attention to detail... A book thats quirky and makes you think * Concatenation *A powerful, beautifully written novel... It is a mystery, historic document, social commentary and futuristic science fiction all combined to make an excellent novel * Concatenation * Promotional The year is 2454: Earths hard-won utopian society is threatened by a young boy with apparently god-like powers. Prizes Short-listed for Hugo Awards Best Novel 2017 Review Quote More intricate, more plausible, more significant than any debut I can recall Cory Doctorow. Promotional "Headline" The year is 2454: Earths hard-won utopian society is threatened by a young boy with apparently god-like powers. Feature Shortlisted for 2017 Hugo Best SF novel. Description for Sales People Shortlisted for 2017 Hugo Best SF novel. Details ISBN1786699508 Author Ada Palmer ISBN-10 1786699508 ISBN-13 9781786699503 Format Paperback Series Terra Ignota Media Book Imprint Head of Zeus Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Pages 576 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-11-30 Language English Series Number 01 UK Release Date 2017-11-30 NZ Release Date 2017-11-30 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Alternative 9781786699473 Audience General AU Release Date 2017-12-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117186438;
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Book Title: Too like the Lightning
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Author: Ada Palmer
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Language: English
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Publisher: Head of Zeus
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Number of Pages: 576 Pages