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**The darkness in the human heart is infinite.**Earth is gone. Centuries have passed since life ended on the blue planet. Humanity's survivors are now dispersed among distant colonies, thousands of light years from the barren, frozen rock that was once their home.At a time when power means everything, the ultimate power, the *imperium*, rests with the Consulate Magistratus. In return for its protection, citizens must concede their rights absolutely. The Magistratus controls interstellar travel, access to technology, even procreation. Every citizen is implanted with a device to monitor their location, health and emotions. Freedom, religion and self-determination are anachronisms. Humanity's true history only survives in whispers of a secret archive.The murder of a man in the lowest caste is seen as inconsequential, but Weaver, one of the few *Caesteri* lawmen who still believes in justice, refuses to ignore it. Fighting his own indoctrination, and the voice inside his mind that forces him to ignore his conscience, he follows the trail of evidence all the while struggling to hang on to the thin thread of his humanity.The killer he hunts is violent and unstable, and haunted by her own

Who reads Defiance?

Author

Bale, Lucas

Publisher

Dark Matter Publishing

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781503138087

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.07 / 5 (85 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14