Caliban from Garth Ennis and Facundo Percio does a damned fine job in that regard." - Kirkus The crew of the mining ship Caliban is on a routine mission deep in the universe and confident that nothing outside the normal humdrum monotony of space travel will occur. "Recapturing that ultimate chill going up your spine the Aliens movies created isn't easy. It's a war of confusion for Ashe, but in "The Battle of Blood and Ink "by Jared Axelrod, one thing is very clear: just because you live in a flying city, you can't always keep your head in the clouds. Soon Ashe is on the run from thugs and assassins, faced with the choice of imperiling her life just to keep publishing, or giving in to the suggestion of a rich patron that she trade in her voice and identity for a quiet, comfortable life. The stakes are raised when Ashe accidentally uncovers the horror of exactly how Amperstam travels among the skies and garners the attention of those who would rather that secret be kept in the hands of the city's powerful leaders. This one-sheet is written, edited, and printed by Ashe, a girl raised on the streets of the flying city, and is dedicated to revealing its hidden treasures and deepest secrets-including many that the overcontrolling government doesn't want anyone to know. The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and.If you're visiting the flying city of Amperstam without the latest printing of "The Lurker's Guide," you might as well be lost. Nothing moves in this tunnel save our hand on the paper. The flame of the candle stands still in the air. What punishment awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for it. We have committed a greater crime, and for this crime there is no name. May we be forgiven! But this is not the only sin upon us. The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so.
And we know well that there is no transgression. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own.
It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. Dystopian Science Fiction It is a sin to write this.
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