The link between the inhabitants of the isolated farming village of Kisuldah, Karzistan, and the culture of the world beyond, Chung Mae finds her life turned upside down when a test of Air, a new wireless communication technology that will connect everyone throughout the world, backfires, killing ma[...]

This remarkable novel is about the effects of a new communications technology, Air, that works without power lines or machines. As pervasive technology ensures the rapid spread of pop culture and information access, few corners of the planet remain untouched. One of those few is Kizuldah, Karzistan,[...]

"[Ryman] has not so much created as revealed a world in which the promise of redemption takes seed even in horror."-The Boston Globe "Sweeping and beautiful...The complex story tears the veil from a hidden world."-The Sunday Times "Inordinately readable ...extraordinary in its detail, color and br[...]