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Violence
Some
Historical warfare; deaths; period violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of history, faith, and the meaning of lives lived across reincarnations
What this book is about
Robinson's 2002 alternate history follows a small group of souls through seven centuries of history in which Buddhism and Islam — not Christianity — are the dominant world faiths after Europe is destroyed by plague. Ambitious, intellectual, and moving. For older teens and adults.
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Historical violence
Alternate history violence
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