*A locked room, a murder, and an unexpected kind of magic: the fifth of Michael Swanwick's "Mongolian Wizard" tales.*
The tablet of scaptur: A Tor.com Original from the world of The Dark Intercept
β Scribed by Keller, Julia
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1250190010
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β¦ Synopsis
In the 23rd century, there is a radiant world of endless summer where peace is maintained through emotional surveillance performed by a peculiar device called the Intercept. When Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, is smuggled an artifact covered mysterious markings, it's up to her and her friends to decipher the message.
Julia Keller's "The Tablet of Scaptur" is a standalone story set before the events of The Dark Intercept.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
β¦ Subjects
Electronic books
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