The Sovereign, Part One (The Sovereign Saga #1)

The Sovereign, Part One (The Sovereign Saga #1)

Author: Jamie McGuire Listening Length: 16h 48m

At the dawn of the Birth Crisis, AI behemoth Hyperion Systems delivered its answer: perfection. Two centuries later, the descendants of those who called it salvation still kneel to its design. In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn’t forced—it’s earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexis...

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The rain drummed gently against the transpane, blurring the edges of the world outside. The Sablestone was quiet, filled only with the turning of pages and the occasional shift of fabric as we adjusted against each other.

Maxim glanced down at me, his thumb grazing gently along my forearm. “You must be hungry by now.”

I looked up from where I had curled into him. “A little.”

“Come with me.” He pressed his cheek to my forehead, and then, as if he’d done it a thousand times before, slid one arm beneath my knees and the other around my back.