Too Like the Lightning

The Year Is 2454. Humanity Has Engineered A Hard-won Golden Age, Forged In The Aftermath Of A Bitter Conflict That Wiped Both Religion And Nation State From The Planet. Now Seven Factions Or 'hives' Co-govern The World, Their Rule Fuelled By Benign Censorship, Oracular Statistical Analytics And Technological Abundance. But This Is A Fragile Utopia – And Someone Is Intent On Pushing It To Breaking Point. Convicted For His Crimes, Celebrated For His Talents, Mycroft Canner Is The Indentured Instrument – And Confidant – Of Some Of The World's Most Powerful Figures. When He Is Asked To Investigate A Bizarre Theft, He Finds Himself On The Trail Of A Conspiracy That Could Shatter The Tranquil World Order The Hives Have Maintained For Three Centuries. But Mycroft Has His Own Secrets. He Is Concealing A Much Greater Threat To The Seven Hives, A Wild Card No Degree Of Statistical Analysis Could Have Prophesied. This Threat Takes The Unlikely Form Of A Thirteen-year-old Called Bridger. For How Will A World That Has Banished God Deal With A Child Who Can Perform Miracles?