TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tidhar,Lavie
TI  - Neom
T2  - Central Station
SN  - 9781616963828
PY  - 2022///
CY  - San Francisco, California
PB  - Tachyon Publications LLC
KW  - Imaginary places
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Interplanetary voyages
KW  - Robots
KW  - Imaginary wars and battles
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Alternative histories (Fiction)
KW  - Fantasy fiction
N1  - Intro -- Front Matter -- Map -- 1. The City -- 2. The Caravan -- 3. The Webster -- 4. The Ship -- 5. The Flower -- 6. The Hole -- 7. The Build -- 8. The Mechanic -- 9. The Sybil -- 10. The Jackal -- 11. The Shelter -- 12. The Shake -- 13. The Robot -- 14. The Offer -- 15. The Visit -- 16. The Crossing -- 17. The Lull -- 18. The Relic -- 19. The Return -- 20. The Pilgrim -- 21. The March -- 22. The Child -- 23. The Company -- 24. The Call -- 25. The Hope -- 26. The Sea -- 27. The Wave -- Afterword -- Appendix: Beyond Neom -- About the Author
N2  - "The city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. It is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars. In the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region's biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man. In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorists, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business. Just one robot can change a city's destiny with a single rose--especially when that robot is in search of lost love. Lavie Tidhar's ( Unholy Land, The Escapement) newest lushly immersive novel, Neom, which includes a guide to the Central Station-verse, is at turns gritty, comedic, transportive, and fascinatingly plausible." --
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