This stylistic decision can be engaging, especially in the tête-à -têtes between Mycroft and the reader, but the heaviness detracts from what might otherwise be an engrossing plot. Palmer's prose is written with an Enlightenment sensibility, deliberately dense and ponderous. Mycroft is tasked with hiding a child whose existence could cause chaos this is no easy feat, and he and those around him are soon plunged into the world of high politics. The setting is a richly depicted future where gender is concealed, people live in carefully coded sects, and theology is pick-and-choose. Palmer's fiction debut is the ambitious and colorful first installment of her Terra Ignota series, following the political intrigues of Mycroft Canner, a convict who, as punishment for his crimes, becomes the servant of all he meets.
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