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Chasm City, a domed human settlement on a hostile planet, faces the devastating Melding Plagueβan infection that can afflict organic and cybernetic bodies alike. With the city and its infrastructure overrun, the few remnants of society live amid ruins and relentless corruption, struggling for survival in a grim, decayed environment.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alastair Reynolds
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