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The totalitarian Galactic Republic relies on a ubiquitous machine called a fam to expand human cognition. In the year 14810, residents of the capital planet Sublime Sagesse live and succeed only with a fam. Eron Osaβs world shatters when the device is taken away, leaving him with severe brain damage and a loss of most of his memories. But hidden within the fragments of his mind lies a key that may expose a galaxyβwide plot. As he struggles to recall his past, Eron must confront the dangers of a society that depends on technology to think, and the price of free will when memory is a commodity.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Donald Kingsbury
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