The Million
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Futurist and award-winning author Karl Schroeder imagines infiltrating the elite of a marginal society in The Million. Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity’s wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and wealth, and they see it as their due. Gavin Penn-of-Chaffee is an illegal child—a visitor hidden among the Million. When the family that raised him in secret is torn apart, Gavin must impersonate a dead boy to survive. What he doesn’t know is that his new identity is expected at the School of Auditors—the Million’s feared police force, sworn to find and capture outcasts like him to keep the peace. In order to solve the murder of his adoptive father, Gavin must keep his disguise and his wits intact within the stronghold of those threatened by his very existence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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A short book with some interesting ideas and some fun mysteries, set in the same future as the excellent book [b:Lockstep 17910135 Lockstep Karl Schroeder https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1374762041l/17910135.SX50.jpg 25095591]. While I enjoyed this book, it felt very much like the first few chapters of a much longer book (say four or five times). Big mysteries were hinted at but very little was resolved. I expect (and hope) that this is the start of a series, but I feel that this book would have been much better if we has continued to follow these characters and their investigations in this volume as the ending was not satisfying at all.
