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Queen of Angels

by Greg Bear · 1990

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In this brilliant, evocative novel, Greg Bear takes the reader into a strangely familiar, near-future world — and shatters our conceptions of perfection, punishment, and the elusive nature of the human soul.

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"One is ultimately awed... it may be the most ambitious novel I've ever read." — Washington Post Book World

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Audience
adult
Length
long · 420 pages

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