Description:
The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.
Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.
The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world's stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held.
The Hives' façade of solidity is the only hope they have for maintaining a semblance of order, for preventing the public from succumbing to the savagery and bloodlust of wars past. But as the great secret becomes more and more widely known, that façade is slipping away.
Just days earlier, the world was a pinnacle of human civilization. Now everyone―Hives and hiveless, Utopians and sensayers, emperors and the downtrodden, warriors and saints―scrambles to prepare for the seemingly inevitable war.
Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
Performed by Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Dawn Ursula, Holly Adams, Robb Moreira, James Konicek, Taylor Coan, Torian Brackett, Zeke Alton, Neha Gargava, Chris Davenport, Gabriel Michael, Su Ling Chan, Lise Bruneau, Jenna Sharpe, Stephon Walker, K'Lai Rivera, Crystal Lee, Elena Anderson, Shanta Parasuraman, Khaya Fraites, Valentina Vinci, Arden Wannall, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Keval Shah, Lydia Kraniotis, David Cui Cui, Shravan Amin, Nora Achrati, Christopher Walker, Ken Jackson, Yasmin Tuazon, Eric Messner, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Williams, Jeri J. Marshall, Karen Novack, Michael John Casey, Drew Kopas, Megan Hastie, Steve Wannall, and Triya Leong.
Brief description:
Ada Palmer is the author of the Terra Ignota fiction series and winner of the John W. Campbell Award. She is a professor in the history department of the University of Chicago, specializing in Renaissance history and the history of ideas. She is also a composer of folk and Renaissance-tinged a cappella music, most of which she performs with the group Sassafrass. She writes about history for a popular audience at exurbe.com and about SF and fantasy-related matters at Tor.com.