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Violence
Barely any
Violence of conquest; brief deaths
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of duty, loss, and the fall of civilization
What this book is about
Silverberg's 1969 Hugo Award-winning novel is set in a distant future Earth organized into Guilds. The narrator, a Watcher, travels with a beautiful Flier to the ancient city of Roum and witnesses what he has spent his life dreading. Lyrical and melancholy. For older teens and adults.
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