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Published 31 January 2011

ISBN 9781921758034

Format Paperback

Extent 160pp

AU Price $19.95

Genesis

Name: Genesis
Price: 19.95 AUD
ISBN: 9781921758034

Bernard Beckett

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In the year 2075 the island Republic has emerged from a ruined world. Its citizens are safe but not free. Anaximander, a young, talented Academy student, is put through a gruelling exam. Her special subject: the life of Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. And now she is forced to confront the horrifying truth about her totalitarian world.

What is it to be human? What is consciousness? What makes a soul?
2075. Change brought fear and fear brought destruction. The island-state of the Republic had risen up from the destroyed world: isolated, ordered and repressive. Its citizens are alive, but not free. What remains of the outside world is kept at bay. Planes are gunned down; refugees shot on sight. Until a man named Adam Forde rescues a girl from the sea.
Forde is long-dead when Anaximander faces the Examiners. Her aim: to join the philosopher's class at The Academy. Her topic: Forde's challenge to the Republic. Anaximander feels a connection to Forde, one that she can't explain, one that she doesn't yet know is dangerous.