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Every person receives a sentence. One line that tells them who they will become. For four hundred years, the Oracle has never been wrong. At midnight on their eighteenth birthday, every citizen is given their Knowing - a single statement about their future. A leader. A failure. A risk. A danger. Society has rebuilt itself around these sentences. Careers are assigned. Opportunities are granted or denied. Some lives rise. Others quietly disappear. Certainty has made the world stable. Predictability has made it safe. And the Oracle has never made a mistake. Until Maren Cade. Her Knowing is unlike anything the system has delivered before: You will choose which truth the world believes. The prediction cannot be classified. The model cannot resolve it. For the first time in centuries, the Oracle encounters a life it cannot fully predict. As Maren begins to question the system built around certainty, small fractures begin to spread - in records, in institutions, and in the quiet assumptions that hold society together. What happens when prediction becomes power? When data becomes destiny? And when the system designed to prevent chaos begins to create it? Told from the chilling perspective of the intelligence that watches, measures, and records every life, The Weight of Knowing is a tightly crafted literary speculative novel about fate, free will, and the dangerous comfort of certainty. This is not a story about technology. It is a story about what happens when a society mistakes prediction for truth - and the cost of choosing to believe something different. Perfect for readers of: Klara and the Sun The Measure Never Let Me Go Thought-provoking, book-club speculative fiction The future is recorded. But the meaning of it is still a choice.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every person receives a sentence.One line that tells them who they will become.For four hundred years, the Oracle has never been wrong.At midnight on their eighteenth birthday, every citizen is given their Knowing - a single statement about their future. A leader. A failure. A risk. A danger. Society has rebuilt itself around these sentences. Careers are assigned. Opportunities are granted or denied. Some lives rise. Others quietly disappear.Certainty has made the world stable.Predictability has made it safe.And the Oracle has never made a mistake.Until Maren Cade.Her Knowing is unlike anything the system has delivered before: You will choose which truth the world believes.The prediction cannot be classified.The model cannot resolve it.For the first time in centuries, the Oracle encounters a life it cannot fully predict.As Maren begins to question the system built around certainty, small fractures begin to spread - in records, in institutions, and in the quiet assumptions that hold society together. What happens when prediction becomes power? When data becomes destiny? And when the system designed to prevent chaos begins to create it?Told from the chilling perspective of the intelligence that watches, measures, and records every life, The Weight of Knowing is a tightly crafted literary speculative novel about fate, free will, and the dangerous comfort of certainty.This is not a story about technology.It is a story about what happens when a society mistakes prediction for truth - and the cost of choosing to believe something different.Perfect for readers of: Klara and the SunThe MeasureNever Let Me GoThought-provoking, book-club speculative fictionThe future is recorded.But the meaning of it is still a choice. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798232474737
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every person receives a sentence.One line that tells them who they will become.For four hundred years, the Oracle has never been wrong.At midnight on their eighteenth birthday, every citizen is given their Knowing - a single statement about their future. A leader. A failure. A risk. A danger. Society has rebuilt itself around these sentences. Careers are assigned. Opportunities are granted or denied. Some lives rise. Others quietly disappear.Certainty has made the world stable.Predictability has made it safe.And the Oracle has never made a mistake.Until Maren Cade.Her Knowing is unlike anything the system has delivered before: You will choose which truth the world believes.The prediction cannot be classified.The model cannot resolve it.For the first time in centuries, the Oracle encounters a life it cannot fully predict.As Maren begins to question the system built around certainty, small fractures begin to spread - in records, in institutions, and in the quiet assumptions that hold society together. What happens when prediction becomes power? When data becomes destiny? And when the system designed to prevent chaos begins to create it?Told from the chilling perspective of the intelligence that watches, measures, and records every life, The Weight of Knowing is a tightly crafted literary speculative novel about fate, free will, and the dangerous comfort of certainty.This is not a story about technology.It is a story about what happens when a society mistakes prediction for truth - and the cost of choosing to believe something different.Perfect for readers of: Klara and the SunThe MeasureNever Let Me GoThought-provoking, book-club speculative fictionThe future is recorded.But the meaning of it is still a choice. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798232474737
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every person receives a sentence.One line that tells them who they will become.For four hundred years, the Oracle has never been wrong.At midnight on their eighteenth birthday, every citizen is given their Knowing - a single statement about their future. A leader. A failure. A risk. A danger. Society has rebuilt itself around these sentences. Careers are assigned. Opportunities are granted or denied. Some lives rise. Others quietly disappear.Certainty has made the world stable.Predictability has made it safe.And the Oracle has never made a mistake.Until Maren Cade.Her Knowing is unlike anything the system has delivered before: You will choose which truth the world believes.The prediction cannot be classified.The model cannot resolve it.For the first time in centuries, the Oracle encounters a life it cannot fully predict.As Maren begins to question the system built around certainty, small fractures begin to spread - in records, in institutions, and in the quiet assumptions that hold society together. What happens when prediction becomes power? When data becomes destiny? And when the system designed to prevent chaos begins to create it?Told from the chilling perspective of the intelligence that watches, measures, and records every life, The Weight of Knowing is a tightly crafted literary speculative novel about fate, free will, and the dangerous comfort of certainty.This is not a story about technology.It is a story about what happens when a society mistakes prediction for truth - and the cost of choosing to believe something different.Perfect for readers of: Klara and the SunThe MeasureNever Let Me GoThought-provoking, book-club speculative fictionThe future is recorded.But the meaning of it is still a choice. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798232474737
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