The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

Anderson’ s imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of .

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the ambiguous history of America’ s origins will leave readers impatient for the sequel.

— The New York Times Book ReviewYoung Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers — but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that learns the hideous nature of their experiments, and his own chilling role them.

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Anderson’ s mesmerizing novel takes place at a time when Patriots battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim.