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The Record Keeper – A visceral and thrilling near-future dystopia examining past and present (Paperback)
Author: Agnes Gomillion
£8.95 3 for 2
Beyond ScotlandDystopian Sci-FiSpeculative Fiction
A gripping near-future dystopia where, after a world war, a young woman destined for elite status discovers brutal truths beneath her society’s peace. As she questions oppressive laws, she must decide whether to uphold order or fight for freedom. Ideal for readers drawn to Afrofuturist rebellion, social justice and emotionally charged hope.
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Why we chose this book
We found The Record Keeper thoughtful, tense and quietly powerful. Agnes Gomillion opens her series with a story that asks hard questions about history, control and choice, and leaves us keen to see where Arika’s journey goes next.
Our summary description
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In the aftermath of a third world war, peace exists only because it is enforced. The planet is scarred, its future dependent on absolute obedience to laws designed to prevent another collapse, whatever the human cost.
In The Record Keeper, Arika Cobane has been raised to believe in that system without question. After a decade of training, she is poised to join the Kongo elite, guardians of order and privilege. Her faith begins to fracture when a new student challenges the morality of a peace built on sacrifice and silence. The doubt is unsettling, but it is also difficult to dismiss.
As Arika begins to look more closely at the rules she has sworn to protect, she uncovers how deeply they shape suffering as well as stability. What follows is a quiet, insistent reckoning with power, loyalty, and fear. The Record Keeper traces one woman’s awakening in a world that survives by denying choice, and asks what freedom might demand when compliance feels safer than truth.
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