Neal K. Paterson - The School for Liars
The School for Liars
Neal K. Paterson
Description
Welcome to the School For Liars!It is the year 2109, and the world has become a better place—because an invisible airborne drug, nicknamed Scope, has made itimpossible to lie. Or has it? At a secretive School, hidden away innorthern Maine, students are instructed in the forbidden andforgotten art of prevarication. They graduate as masters ofmanipulation and go on to wield great power and influence. But thereis a price...To the School comes Japeth Sawyer, a street-smart runawayendowed with the gift of gifts—complete immunity to Scope. Therehe meets Dustin Ashe, in rebellion against the forces that made hima child of privilege. Their unlikely friendship will unravel a grislymurder, reveal the darkest mysteries of the School, and probe thetruth or falsity of its motto: own the words, own the world.
