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Violence
A lot
Space combat and the existential violence of Architect attacks; some deaths; standard space opera action
Language
Barely any
Mild language; literary science fiction prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of being the only tool capable of a job you didn't volunteer for
What this book is about
After the Architects—vast alien entities that reshape planets into abstract sculptures, destroying all life—were mysteriously stopped, the surviving humanity has rebuilt. Idris, one of the rare people whose mind can interface with Architect space, is pulled into a conspiracy when a derelict ship carrying their signature is found. Tchaikovsky's space opera is inventive, humane, and exciting.
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