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Carrie Vaughn

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English

JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS
11 July 2017

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Dystopia; Society; Philip K Dick Award

Series: Bannerless Saga

A mysterious murder in a dystopian future leads a novice investigator to question what she's learned about the foundation of her population-controlled society.

Decades after economic and environmental collapse destroys much of civilization in the United States, the Coast Road region isn't just surviving but thriving by some accounts, building something new on the ruins of what came before. A culture of population control has developed in which people, organized into households, must earn the children they bear by proving they can take care of them and are awarded symbolic banners to demonstrate this privilege. In the meantime, birth control is mandatory.

Enid of Haven is an Investigator, called on to mediate disputes and examine transgressions against the community. She's young for the job and hasn't yet handled a serious case. Now, though, a suspicious death requires her attention. The victim was an outcast, but might someone have taken dislike a step further and murdered him?

In a world defined by the disasters that happened a century before, the past is always present. But this investigation may reveal the cracks in Enid's world and make her question what she really stands for.

By: Carrie Vaughn
Imprint: JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780544947306
ISBN 10: 0544947304
Series: Bannerless Saga
Publication Date: 11 July 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Bannerless (#1 Bannerless Saga)

[A]n intimate post-apocalyptic mystery . . . a deft portrait of a society departed so completely from the complexities of the now-destroyed civilization . . . that survivors don't even understand what it is they've lost . . . [A] well-crafted and heartfelt effort. -- Kirkus Reviews Amazing and compelling, Vaughn brings her deft characterization and humanity to bear on a post-apocalyptic world that is all too real. -- Tobias S. Buckell, bestselling author of Arctic Rising