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Four centuries in the future the world is richnanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybodybut no utopia as we see in the lives of five very different people a singing teacher a news researcher a police investigator a politician and a ruthless businessman
Theirs is a society where technology takes care of everyones basic needs but leaves most people struggling to extract a meaningful life from a world crowded with wonders but empty of commitment and human connection Alternating the voices and experiences of these five characters in a tour de force of imaginative creation L E Modesitt overlaps combines and builds their disparate stories into a brilliant tale of future crime and investigation esthetic challenge and personal triumph
In the same way that he has built fantasy landscapes of surpassing fascination Modesitt creates a believable future one imbued with a deep understanding of the way politics work and how people act and react when their sense of themselves of justice and truth is exploited by others for power and control When theres nothing left to need or want will beauty live on in peoples lives or disappear forever
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