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Fairyland

By: Paul McAuley
Narrated by: Max Dowler
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 The 21st century.

Europe is divided between the First World bourgeoisie, made rich by nanotechnology and the cheap versatile slave labour of genetically engineered Dolls and the Fourth World of refugees and homeless displaced by war and economic upheaval. In London, Alex Sharkey is trying to make his mark as a designer of psychoactive viruses, whilst staying one step ahead of the police and the Triad gangs. At the cost of three hours of his life, he finds an unlikely ally in a scary, super-smart little girl called Milena, but his troubles really start when he helps Milena quicken intelligence in a Doll, turning it into the first of the fairies.

Milena isn't sure if she's mad or if she's the only sane person left in the world; she only knows that she wants to escape to her own private Fairyland and live forever. Although Milena has created the fairies for her own ends, some of the Folk, as fey and dangerous as any in legend, have other ideas about her destiny ...

Read by Max Dowler

(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group©1995 Paul McAuley Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction War
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The book. is more like 3 books...

book 1 has a scrappy cyberpunk vibe, sets up the world of where RNA interacts with TCP

book 2 is noir where child kidnapped faries and ware-wolves stalk a desercrated paris

book 3 is disaster opera. where mythical figures carry AK's in to battle

A Classic of 90's SciFi

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