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Following an inexplicable alien arrival that triggers widespread exclusion zones, the world sees the collapse of warfare, borders, and crime. Governments are unprepared, scientists baffled, and technology fails. Without extraterrestrials to answer, humanity must face its own reflection, questioning what it means to be human in a transformed planet. The narrative explores the profound implications of a world where conflict ends not with a new foe but with the realization that the most significant change may come from within.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Steven Erikson
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