Anathem
Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent. Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. But they now prepare to open the Concent's gates to the outside...
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Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent. Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. But they now prepare to open the Concent's gates to the outside world, in celebration of a once-a-decade rite.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843549178 (1843549174)
ASIN: 1843549174
Publish date: 2009-10-01
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Pages no: 928
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Science,
Speculative Fiction,
Philosophy,
Cyberpunk,
Mathematics,
Fiction
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