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By Bernard Beckett

Narrated by: Becky Wright

Unabridged — 3 hours, 50 minutes

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Overview

“Explain to us why you wish to enter The Academy.”

Candidates for The Academy must endure a grueling entrance exam, and young Anaximander has chosen as her special subject the life of Adam Forde, her long-dead hero. She begins by telling Forde's story:

Late in the twenty-first century the island Republic has managed to survive a devastating worldwide plague by isolating its citizens completely from outside contact. For many years, approaching ships and planes are gunned down, refugees are sho...