Then there is the theft of an influential list that affects the political ranking of those leaders. Other strands include the corruption and decadence of the Hive leaders, who are supposed to represent separate points of view but are tied together via blood, sex, death, and secrets in ways the public doesn't realize. In a world where there is no collective belief in God, what does it mean when a child appears who can do miracles? This is only one strand of the complexly webbed plot of this debut novel, written by a historian who has clearly brought all her knowledge and research to bear upon her fiction. Instead, everyone is allotted a sensayer to discuss all of one’s spiritual concerns. Discussion of gender and gender roles is essentially taboo, and organized religion is extinct. In 2454, nations are no longer tied to geography instead, people ally themselves to Hives, according to their philosophical and intellectual inclinations. The first of a two-book series concerning a future Earth society patterned after the principles of the Enlightenment.
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