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"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a hard-won utopia built on technologically-generated abundance, and also on complex and mandatory systems of labeling all public writing and speech... And in this world, Mycroft and Carlyle have stumbled on the wild card that may destabilize the system: the boy Bridger, who can effortlessly make his wishes come true. Who can, it would seem, bring inanimate objects to life..."--Book jacket.
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Too Like the Lightning is set in a future utopia sustained by advanced technology and strict social rules, including mandatory labeling of all public communication. The story follows Mycroft and Carlyle, who discover a boy named Bridger with the extraordinary ability to make his wishes manifest, effectively bringing inanimate objects to life. Bridger's powers pose a potential threat to the fragile stability of their carefully controlled society.
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