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The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
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The Ingenious and the Heart of Shattered Glass (The Ingenious Trilogy #2)
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The Ingenious and the End of Days (The Ingenious Trilogy #3)
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The Ingenious Trilogy
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"This was an ingenious story (pun intended). The concept was intriguing and the moral issues explored were very thought provoking. I became attached to all of the children, and even felt pity for Karl, and the ending between Tai and his mother demonst"
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“Her mother’s voice – which came as a whisper in her ear – seemed so solid, so clear in Milly’s mind, that it was like insects preserved perfectly in amber. The warmth of her mother’s breath, the whiff of the peppermints she sucked, and the light tickle of her hair – all perfectly encapsulated in her cerebrum.
And so as the girl blossomed into a teenager, she had by now learnt to live with this condition, and soon came to appreciate the specialness of it. Even dead, her mother would always be there. With her.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
And so as the girl blossomed into a teenager, she had by now learnt to live with this condition, and soon came to appreciate the specialness of it. Even dead, her mother would always be there. With her.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
“Tai stumbled back, and sat, stunned, on the ground next to the dead man. There was an acrid bitterness in his mouth, and he spat it out into the river. It was as if he had tasted death itself, and it sickened him.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
“Consciousness slipped slowly away, as he watched through gaping roof-holes pinprick stars high up, glistening against a purple sky. He thought of his mother and Dog and the kittens and Cat, as the stars began dropping to the earth like molten bullets, gradually fading away.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
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“Her mother’s voice – which came as a whisper in her ear – seemed so solid, so clear in Milly’s mind, that it was like insects preserved perfectly in amber. The warmth of her mother’s breath, the whiff of the peppermints she sucked, and the light tickle of her hair – all perfectly encapsulated in her cerebrum.
And so as the girl blossomed into a teenager, she had by now learnt to live with this condition, and soon came to appreciate the specialness of it. Even dead, her mother would always be there. With her.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
And so as the girl blossomed into a teenager, she had by now learnt to live with this condition, and soon came to appreciate the specialness of it. Even dead, her mother would always be there. With her.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
“Tai stumbled back, and sat, stunned, on the ground next to the dead man. There was an acrid bitterness in his mouth, and he spat it out into the river. It was as if he had tasted death itself, and it sickened him.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
“Consciousness slipped slowly away, as he watched through gaping roof-holes pinprick stars high up, glistening against a purple sky. He thought of his mother and Dog and the kittens and Cat, as the stars began dropping to the earth like molten bullets, gradually fading away.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
“Outside the night had turned still and black – and above, the moon floated milky white behind gossamer clouds.”
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life
― The Ingenious and the Colour of Life

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