“Everyone’s an individual now. Everyone’s a rebel. Everyone does their own thing. You’ve inspired them all. To NOTHING.”

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Things are changing in the Village. The authorities have found new ways of exploiting community spirit… using a lost pioneer of computer science to put their stamp on the coming Information Age.

 

But then there’s Number 18.

 

She’s a murderer… for the best of reasons. She’s a bit of a collaborator, for reasons of her own. She’s fiercely protective of herself. And she may be Number 6’s best chance of out-thinking the Village, as they pit themselves against the authorities’ newest attempt at control. But it all depends on what the Village’s masters are really aiming for.

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Do they expect him to trust her… or destroy her?