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The Book of M unfolds in a perilous near‑future where a bizarre phenomenon—shadowless men—begins to spread like a contagion across India. Those affected lose all memories, yet wield a strange new potential. Ordinary people, including Ory and his wife Max, are thrust into a desperate struggle to survive. While Max escapes the shadowless, the further she forgets the more dangerous she becomes to Ory. Determined to keep their time together, Ory tracks Max through a ravaged landscape filled with bandits, a looming war over the ruined capital, and a cult that venerates the shadowless. The novel follows their perilous journey amid a dismantling society, probing themes of memory, love, hope, and what it means to remain human when the world turns upside down.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Peng Shepherd
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