She lives only to avenge her father's death
who would later be brought to life by Shakespeare
her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it
the cultural divide between the first and third worlds
educators and parents—in short
Anathem Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2007) She lives only to avengeErasmas Raz is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world by ancient stone, honoured traditions, and complex rituals. Three times during history's darkest epochs, the cloistered community has been devastated by violence. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. Now, in celebration of a week long, once in a