In a society where literacy is outlawed, a young woman flees with a librarian after her family's secret threatens their standing under the god-machine's rule.
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In a society where literacy is outlawed, a young woman flees with a librarian after her family's secret threatens their standing under the god-machine's rule.
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A tale of family bonds, royal power, and the truth that threatens it all, from World Fantasy Award-winner Tobias S. Buckell. “You shall not suffer a librarian to live.” Growing up in Ninetha, Lilith has known this law all her life. The city's every need is provided for by a god-machine called the cornucopia, which can produce food, clothing, anything in response to a thought. The gods provided this bounty on one condition: that humanity give up reading and writing. Then, a librarian, an actual s...
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Gods enforce laws via a cornucopia god-machine that sustains society
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Forbidden literacy, royal power, and enforced societal laws
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