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The Dividing Sky

by Jill Tew

Memory, freedom, and life beyond the Metro

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Memory, freedom, and life beyond the Metro

Set in 2460, The Dividing Sky builds its romance around a technology that turns memory into a commodity. Liv Newman sells memories through a neurochip, while rookie officer Adrian Rao is tasked with stopping a Proxy whose dealings affect citizens’ brain chemistry. Their paths meet after Liv’s memories disappear, complicating Adrian’s effort to hold her accountable. The assignment that takes Liv beyond the Metro also broadens the story’s questions: how much identity rests on memory, whether people can be judged for actions they cannot recall, and whether the existing social order is the only possible way to live. The speculative premise and romantic connection are closely linked to those questions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in science-fiction romance
  • Readers drawn to dystopian settings and stories about memory and identity
  • Readers interested in romances shaped by opposing loyalties and questions of justice

Themes

Memory and identityClass and freedomJustice and accountabilitySocial order and alternatives

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Book overview

Serpent & Dove meets Arcane in this dystopian romance debut that follows a cunning memory merchant who deals a little extra happiness on the side and the handsome rookie officer on her tail!

In 2460, eighteen-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her lower-class life in the Metro. As a Proxy, she uses the neurochip in her brain to sell memories to wealthy clients. Maybe a few illegally, but money equals freedom. So when a customer offers her a ludicrous sum to go on an assignment in no-man's-land, Liv accepts. Now she just has to survive.

Rookie Forceman Adrian Rao believes in order over all. After discovering that a renegade Proxy's shady dealings are messing with citizens' brain chemistry, he vows to extinguish the threat. But when he tracks Liv down, there's one problem: her memories are gone. Can Adrian bring himself to condemn her for crimes she doesn't remember?

As Liv and Adrian navigate the world beyond the Metro and their growing feelings for one another, they grapple with who they are, who they could be, and whether another way of living is possible.
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