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Chung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to the culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. The initial testing of a new technology called Air goes disastrously wrong, resulting in people being killed from the shock. However, not to be stopped is Air arriving with or without the blessing of Mae's village. The only one who knows how to harness Air is Chung Mae, but will her people listen before it's too late?
First publish date: July 21, 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk
Authors: Geoff Ryman
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