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Violence
Barely any
Violence; political scheming
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of institutional failure and the difficulty of acting on inconvenient truths
What this book is about
Scalzi's 2017 first Interdependency novel follows an unlikely trio — a scientist, an empress-in-waiting, and a merchant — as they navigate the discovery that The Flow, the phenomenon that allows interstellar travel, is collapsing. Fast, funny, and political. Features strong language and some sexual content. For older teens and adults.
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Strong language
Sexual content
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