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The novel follows Nirhar, a researcher in a futuristic floating city, who is working on the Resonance Project. This project allows individuals to access and experience the memories and consciousness of their ancestors. Through this technology, the story explores several historical periods and characters:
Ancient Mesopotamia: The story of Dumuzi, a young scribe who develops innovative irrigation systems.
1914 Boston: Margaret Lyons, a brilliant mathematician pushing boundaries in a male-dominated field.
Ming Dynasty China: Zhòngjìn, a scholar exploring the connection between mathematics, music, and the nature of reality.
Gayadzo 2150 C.E.: a gated community where Gamoka, a visionary scientist and engineer will organize an experimental journey to the edge of the solar system.
A future space mission: Louan, the hermaphrodite commander of the Cosmic Seedship returning to a transformed Earth.
Each historical narrative is interspersed with Nirhar's recovery periods, gradually revealing more about the future world and the Resonance Project.
We end in the floating city's present: Nirhar's own time, where they must use the knowledge gained from these past lives to stabilize their city and potentially revolutionize their understanding of consciousness and reality.
The novel explores how knowledge and innovations build upon each other across time, the nature of consciousness, and the potential for music and mathematics to affect the physical world. It culminates in Nirhar using this accumulated wisdom to save their floating city and usher in a new era of harmony between consciousness and reality.