In a world where memory lasts only two days, one woman remembers everything.
Zakara lives in Cerberus City, where every citizen relies on memodyn devices to replay their lives each morning. Without them, the past disappears.
But Zakara doesn’t need a memodyn.
She remembers every conversation, every loss, every person who has vanished from the memories of the world around her.
When the city archivist uncovers a centuries-old journal describing a plant that once changed human memory forever, Zakara sets out to find it.
What they discover will reveal the truth about their civilization, and force Zakara to decide whether remembering is a gift… or the cruelest burden of all.
Other standalone fiction by Cameron Cooper:
And We Danced All Night
A Place for Everyone
A Room of Her Own
Resilience
Space Opera Firsts
Galactic Reflections
He Really Meant It
Quiet Like Fire
Winds of Change
The Woman Who Remembered Yesterday
Science Fiction Novella
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Praise for Cameron’s science fiction:
By the end of the first paragraph I was completely absorbed in the story
A breath-consuming read.
Wow! Incredible story. Both terrible and beautiful. Read it!
Horrible yet beautiful.
Only Cam Cooper could have pulled this off. Bravo!
A book that sticks with you the way this one does is well worth reading (and re-reading).
An insightful yet disturbing look at the effects of potential abuses of authority.
It is a thought-provoking tale that will stay with you, long after the epilogue.
