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Rosewater lies on the brink of a strange, humming biodome that has become a magnet for the desperate and the curious. Residents speculate about its rumored healing properties, while government agents struggle to keep order. Kaaro, an agent burdened by a troubled past, possesses a talent for sensing and moving through the dome’s vast psychic space. When the dome’s influence begins to lethally affect those it touches, Kaaro faces a moral dilemma: obey his superiors or risk everything to prevent a looming catastrophe.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Tade Thompson
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