検索キーワード： 著者 "Lavanya Lakshminarayan" すべてのカテゴリー

Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili . . . and an invitation to compete in the galaxy's most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of the planet Primus's austere, carefully synthesized cuisine. Until now, no-one from Earth has ever graced its flowmetal cookstations before, or smiled awkwardly for its buzzing drone-cams.

On the mystical isle of Ruin where people from the mainland come to experience a taste of magic, the mysterious dancer Madhyaratri, entertains them with her sensuous and enigmatic performances.

On the mystical isle of Ruin where people from the mainland come to experience a taste of magic, the mysterious dancer Madhyaratri, entertains them with her sensuous and enigmatic performances.

Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve. With the right image, values, and opinions, you can ascend to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent—the Virtual elite—and have the world at your feet. Otherwise you risk falling to the precarious Ten Percent, and deportation to the ranks of the Analogs, with no access to electricity, running water, or even humanity. The system has no flaws. Until the elusive "Ten Percent Thief" steals a single jacaranda seed from the Virtual city.