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The Ash and the Roots: The City That Refused a Crown
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Series: The Ash and the Roots, Book 3
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
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Publisher: Arthur Blackwood
Published: Jan 8 2026
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Consent belongs on page one-or nothing works. In the humane, hopeful finale of Arthur Blackwood's trilogy, a city learns to turn slogans into infrastructure: blackouts without bosses, exams without cameras, hospitals without loyalty lanes, borders without profiles, votes without apps-and finally, teeth that fund rooms instead of headlines. A librarian with a stamp, a lawyer with teeth, an engineer with confetti, a steward with chalk, a reporter who films horizons, and a shopkeeper who believes in 0.00 refuse to become products and make decency the default.
You'll love this if you enjoy: hopepunk and optimistic social SF; community resilience versus seamless control; found-citizens stories and witty policy-in-action; near-future tech that behaves like furniture (not a boss).
This is the third novel of The Ash and the Roots trilogy.
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