In the Watchful City
S. Qiouyi Lu, Lu![In the Watchful City](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/348/34858685/CHSBZCOP0334858685.jpg)
In the Watchful City explores borders, power, diaspora, and transformation in an Asian-inspired mosaic novella that melds the futurism of Lavie Tidhar's Central Station with the magical wonder of Catherynne M. Valente's Palimpsest.The city of Ora uses a complex living network called the Gleaming to surveil its inhabitants and maintain harmony. Anima is one of the cloistered extrasensory humans tasked with watching over Ora's citizens. Although...