Feersum Endjinn

In the far future, Earth is threatened by the Encroachment, a cloud of interstellar dust drifting toward the Sun, and the people who remain on the planet live in and around a vast castle. A data network called the crypt holds the minds of the dead. Four characters, among them Bascule the Teller, whose chapters are written in phonetic spelling, are drawn into the search for a forgotten way to save the world. It is a stand-alone novel.

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