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Άγρια Ακρόπολη

Agria Akropoli

“Wild Acropolis” (title translated by AI)

Nikos Mantis (Νίκος Α. Μάντης, born 1976)

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In the year 2159 the world is governed by intelligence. Resurrected pre-humans, the Neanderthals, merely survive as the most wretched caste, while Homo sapiens live to take tests that let them rise in the hierarchy, and everything turns on an 'intelligence vaccine' that alone grants a decent life. Mano is a young Neanderthal living in the Metropolis of New Athens. One night he meets Axel, a member of an organization that wants to overthrow the system, and is offered a single chance to change his life forever, with dangers waiting in the Metropolis's upper floors, in Alexandria and higher still, in the Dome of the Certified.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
222 pages in the original
Genres
Speculative, Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
Greece, 2159
First published
2013 by Καστανιώτης
Author's age
37 when first published
ISBN

9789600356229 (original)