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If you haven't picked up a work of sci-fi or fantasy in a while (or ever), this absorbing read will show you what you've missed out on. Compelling from the first page, aan alternative future history where the Black Death wiped out 90% of Europe and killed off Christianity, leaving Muslim and Chinese as the dominant cultures. Philosophical, thoughtful, and entertaining.
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Lanky9, October 17, 2009
If you haven't picked up a work of sci-fi or fantasy in a while (or ever), this absorbing read will show you what you've missed out on. Compelling from the first page, aan alternative future history where the Black Death wiped out 90% of Europe and killed off Christianity, leaving Muslim and Chinese as the dominant cultures. Philosophical, thoughtful, and entertaining.(6 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)