Blood, Ink and Fire
Blood, Ink and Fire by Ashely Mansour, published by Upturn Productions, LLC on December 7, 2015, is a thought-provoking work of fiction that explores a future where books have become a distant memory. In this world, the written word is replaced by a constant stream of images known as Verity, rendering reading obsolete and forbidden. The story follows teenager Noelle Hartley, who uniquely perceives words within this stream. Her secret obsession with the meaning and origin of these words sets the stage for a journey that intertwines her fate with a hidden society of rebel book lovers.
As Noelle approaches her seventeenth birthday, a rare disruption in the stream leads her to a mysterious book linked to the Nine of the Rising, a group dedicated to preserving the written word. With the assistance of the Risers and a captivating boy named Ledger, Noelle uncovers that the words she sees may hold the key to reviving the lost world of books. Blood, Ink and Fire delves into themes of knowledge, rebellion, and the significance of literature in shaping identity, inviting readers to reflect on the implications of a bookless society. This edition spans 464 pages and is presented in English.
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Imagine a world without books … In the future, books are a distant memory. The written word has been replaced by an ever-present stream of images known as Verity. In the controlling dominion of the United Vales of Fell, reading is obsolete and forbidden, and readers themselves do not cannot exist. But where others see images in the stream, teenager Noelle Hartley sees words. She is obsessed with what they mean, where they came from, and why they found her. Noelle has been keeping her dangerous fixation with words a secret, but on the night before her seventeenth birthday, a rare interruption in the stream leads her to a mysterious volume linked to an underworld of rebel book lovers known as the Nine of the Rising. With the help of the Risers and the beguiling boy Ledger, Noelle discovers that the words within her are precious clues to the books of the earlier time and as a child of their bookless age, she might be the world s last hope of bringing them back. Blood, Ink & Fire is a gripping, evocative tale that asks, who would we be without books? — Provided by publisher.
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