Determinato a riprendersi ciò che gli spetta, avanza assetato di vendetta: ma più l'ombra del male si avvicina, più il confine tra ciò che è giusto o sbagliato diventa sottile. E quando Hawke, la guardia d'onore che dovrebbe garantirle l'Ascensione, entra nella sua vita, il destino e il dovere si intrecceranno inesorabilmente con il desiderio, alimentando la sua rabbia e facendole mettere in discussione la sua intera esistenza.Ībbandonato dagli dei e temuto dai mortali, un nuovo regno sta risorgendo dalle ceneri. Il futuro dell'intero regno è sulle sue spalle, anche se lei non vorrebbe. Aspettando il giorno della sua Ascensione, preferirebbe stare con le guardie, a combattere il male che ha preso il sopravvento sulla sua famiglia. La sua è un’esistenza solitaria in cui le è proibito anche essere guardata o toccata. Prescelta dalla nascita per dare vita a una nuova era, Poppy non è mai stata padrona della propria vita.
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Orbit Books launched a mini-site to accompany the publication of the novel, with a chapter, Extracts(1), illustrated and animated. 2312 is a bold vision of humanity's future and a compelling portrait of those individuals who will shape its events. Once a designer of worlds, now Swan will be led into a plot to destroy them. For Swan Er Hong, it will change her life. The first event takes place on Mercury, in the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering on an unprecedented scale. But in 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront our past, present and future. Earth is no longer our only home new habitats have been created throughout the solar system, on moons, planets and in between. Scientific advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. This will be a novel for anyone curious to see what our future looks like – a grand science-fictional adventure in every sense." 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