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This epic saga unfolds in a post-apocalyptic world where monks strive to preserve knowledge and culture after the fall of civilization. It chronicles humanity's cyclical return to barbarism and its endless struggle for renewal across centuries of ignorance and violence. The series critically examines human nature and its propensity for repeating mistakes with a sharp, satirical eye. It is a profound, thought-provoking exploration of humanity's enduring triumphs and failures.

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman

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  1. 1

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    • 356 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
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    In the depths of the Utah desert, long after the Flame Deluge has scoured the earth clean, a monk of the Order of Saint Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: holy relics from the life of the great saint himself, including the blessed blueprint, the sacred shopping list, and the hallowed shrine of the Fallout Shelter. In a terrifying age of darkness and decay, these artifacts could be the keys to mankind's salvation. But as the mystery at the core of this groundbreaking novel unfolds, it is the search itself—for meaning, for truth, for love—that offers hope for humanity's rebirth from the ashes.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz
  2. 2

    Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman

    • 566 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
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    The sequel to "A Canticle for Leibowitz". A thousand years after a nuclear holocaust, the Catholic Church is still in a power struggle with the temporal leaders of the devastated USA. Cardinal Brownpony hopes to keep the church free, but there are many enemies within the church.

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