Too Like the Lightning av Ada Palmer

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<b>The year is 2454.</b> Humanity has engineered a hard-won <b>golden age</b>, forged in the aftermath of a bitter conflict that wiped both religion and nation state from the planet. Now seven factions or ''hives'' co-govern the world, their rule fuelled by benign censorship, oracular statistical analytics and technological abundance. But this is a fragile Utopia ¿ and someone is <b>intent on pushing it to breaking point.</b> Convicted for his <b>crimes</b>, celebrated for his talents, Mycroft Canner is the indentured instrument ¿ and confidant ¿ of some of the world''s <b>most powerful figures</b>. When he is asked to investigate a bizarre theft, he finds himself on the trail of a conspiracy that could shatter the tranquil world order the Hives have maintained for three centuries. But Mycroft has his <b>own secrets</b>. He is concealing a much greater threat to the seven Hives, a <b>wild card</b> no degree of statistical analysis could have prophesied. This threat takes the unlikely f