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A deft blend of dystopia, colonial oppression, ethnic bigotry and class stratification, told from the point of view of a PTSD war veteran upholding th
A deft blend of dystopia, colonial oppression, ethnic bigotry and class stratification, told from the point of view of a PTSD war veteran upholding the Authority that records, oversees, and ultimiately oppresses people born with 'talent' - power that civilized society both fears, and requires to keep an emerging industrial economy functional. The dark tone of this novel, and its well realized poor quarter is brilliantly woven and fastened by the glue of human relationships, affairs of the heart, and a stunningly depicted romantic attraction between characters and their various friends, children, and the intricate relationships with each other, and with the well realized (if bleak) setting. A tour de force marred only by the sticker shock of a cliffhanger ending that, full stop, sheared the story at what amounts to a lit fuse on an emotional powder keg...I recommend the book with that caveat: if you read through a third of this story, and don't want to be dangled by the throat at the finish, grab the sequel to have on hand to mitigate the jolt encountered at the last page. Without knowing how many more books are to come in this series, or if volume two may finish in the same manner, no guarantees where to place trust on a last page perhaps less abrupt. Nonetheless, the story and characters commanded my attention with a mastery of detail seldom found. It was a joy to encounter such depth and dimension. On its merits and by the pure impetus of invention, this book kept me riveted and turning the pages, the frustrated dent in my wall notwithstanding, for my well documented response to cliffhangers.
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