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In a distant future divided strictly by class, descendants of those brought to America from provincial China work as laborers to provide for the elite charter villages. One such laborer, Fan, abandons her post to track down the man she loves when he disappears, a quest that will take her through the anarchic Open Counties and beyond.
--Marshal Zeringue