When tyrants come, fools surrender their books. Reading is outlawed, the people too indoctrinated to care. The populace is held in slavery by a drug called "Bliss." Self-taught to read, Quillion, a sell-sword, and Kikkan, a former slave, seek power from ancient forbidden texts. In Edentown, a fortress of tyranny where the literate are put to death, is a keeper of ancient secrets, power hidden in the written ...Täielik kirjeldus
When tyrants come, fools surrender their books. Reading is outlawed, the people too indoctrinated to care. The populace is held in slavery by a drug called "Bliss." Self-taught to read, Quillion, a sell-sword, and Kikkan, a former slave, seek power from ancient forbidden texts. In Edentown, a fortress of tyranny where the literate are put to death, is a keeper of ancient secrets, power hidden in the written word, with knowledge to spark a rebellion. Does the literate thief still live?