AUDIOBOOK
Duration
16h 22m
Year
2025
Language
English

About

An SF tale of global warfare and the people who profit from it. Hairston's extraordinary debut novel, first published by a small press in 2006.

Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the Otherwise Award



The world has been divided by the Barrier. For 115 years this extraterrestrial, epidimensional entity has divided the earth into warring zones. Power-hungry politicians, gangsters, and spiritual fundamentalists are determined to thwart a potential treaty to end the internal wars.



When the treaty's architect is assassinated, her protegee, Elleni, a talented renegade and one of the few able to negotiate the Barrier, is forced to take up her mantle.



Now Elleni and a motley crew of allies risk their lives to make the treaty work.



Can they repair their fractured world before the Barrier devours them completely?

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