In the town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatrice Bolano is hungry, and must choose whether to give up her passion for cooking or leave the only community she has known. Elsewhere, Reiko Rimando has left her modest...
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In the town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatrice Bolano is hungry, and must choose whether to give up her passion for cooking or leave the only community she has known. Elsewhere, Reiko Rimando has left her modest roots for a college tech scholarship in the big city. When her school pulls her funding, Reiko forges a third path, outside of the law. With the guidance of a mysterious cookbook written by a kitchen maid centuries ago, Beatrice and Reiko each grasp for a life of freedom, something more easily imagined than achieved in a world dominated by catastrophic corporate greed
Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as dangerous, but her courage and strength an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns...
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Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as dangerous, but her courage and strength an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect pollen. She also finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous
