Gleam

The Factory Trilogy seriesbook 1 of 2Next:Idle Hands →

In this Gormenghastian world the Factory is the law - but that does not

mean justice.

The Gargantuan factory of Gleam has seen a millennia of decreasing population. Now the central district is fully inhabited and operational; the outskirts have been left for the wilderness to reclaim. This decaying, lawless zone is the Discard; the home of Wild Alan. He's convinced that the Gleam authorities were behind the disaster that killed his parents and his ambition is to prove it. But he'll uncover more secrets than he bargained for.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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