In the 25th century, Mycroft Canner roams the world in atonement for his crimes, serving others as a penitent in a society transformed by abundance and rigid social order. Carlyle Foster, a “sensayer” and spiritual counselor, works in a world where religion is banned but humanity’s inner lives endure.
Their world is a strange utopia—a meticulously managed system where gender norms are taboo, public speech is controlled, and vast clans compete in regulated harmony. Yet, Mycroft and Carlyle uncover a secret that could shatter this order: Bridger, a boy with a miraculous ability to make his wishes reality, bringing objects to life.
With a power capable of bending reality itself, will Bridger become the key to utopia’s survival—or its unraveling?
