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Aristide, a scholar focused on the so‑called implied spaces, explores Midgarth—a pre‑technological world hidden within a series of orbital matrioshka computer arrays that form a collection of pocket universes. In a cosmos where reality itself has been designed by superhuman machine intelligence, Aristide discovers a fiendish conspiracy that could unleash a nightmare on the multiverse. He must navigate architectural accidents, subversion, and sabotage to protect the fragile balance of countless worlds.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Walter Jon Williams
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