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| Author: | Carrie Vaughn |
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John Joseph Adams / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 |
| Series: | Amaryllis: Book 1 |
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0. Amaryllis |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic Mundane SF |
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Synopsis
Decades after economic and environmental collapse destroys much of civilization in the United States, the Coast Road region isn't just surviving but thriving by some accounts, building something new on the ruins of what came before. A culture of population control has developed in which people, organized into households, must earn the children they bear by proving they can take care of them and are awarded symbolic banners to demonstrate this privilege. In the meantime, birth control is mandatory.
Enid of Haven is an Investigator, called on to mediate disputes and examine transgressions against the community. She's young for the job and hasn't yet handled a serious case. Now, though, a suspicious death requires her attention. The victim was an outcast, but might someone have taken dislike a step further and murdered him?
In a world defined by the disasters that happened a century before, the past is always present. But this investigation may reveal the cracks in Enid's world and make her question what she really stands for.
Set in the same universe as some of the author's short stories, which can be read here:
- "Amaryllis" (2010)
- "Astrophilia" (2012) read free online at Lightspeed Magazine
- "Bannerless" (2015) read free online at WIRED.com
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