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In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and beauty take all; frivolity begets cruelty; science and alchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles,... (read more)

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Fireflood.--Of mist, and grass, and sand.--Spectra.--Wings.--The mountains of sunset, the mountains of dawn.--The end's beginning.--Screwtop.--Only at night.--Recourse, Inc.--The genius freaks.--Aztecs.... (read more)