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Holy Fire
Published 1996 by Bantam Books · 326 pages
Hugo · 1997
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4 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 1986–1999
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Synopsis
In a gerontocratic future where medical technology has extended life indefinitely, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann undergoes a radical rejuvenation treatment and reinvents herself as a young bohemian in Europe. Freed from decades of cautious living, she plunges into the underground art scene while the established order watches nervously.
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