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Consent belongs on page one-or nothing works. In the humane, hopeful finale of Arthur Blackwood's trilogy, a city learns to turn slogans into infrastructure: blackouts without bosses, exams without cameras, hospitals without loyalty lanes, borders without profiles, votes without apps-and finally, teeth that fund rooms instead of headlines. A librarian with a stamp, a lawyer with teeth, an engineer with confetti, a steward with chalk, a reporter who films horizons, and a shopkeeper who believes in £0.00 refuse to become products and make decency the default. As storms arrive branded and standards try to patent ""trust,"" ordinary people hold the line with paper, kettles, honest queues, and laws you can tape to windows. Near-future civic fiction for readers who want competence over spectacle and endings that leave the door on the latch. You'll love this if you enjoy: hopepunk and optimistic social SF; community resilience versus ""seamless"" control; found-citizens stories and witty policy-in-action; near-future tech that behaves like furniture (not a boss). This is the third novel of The Ash and the Roots trilogy.

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Arthur Blackwood (b. 1978, London, UK) is an author of thrillers, mysteries, urban fantasy, and supernatural fiction. His novels draw on a lifelong fascination with the unknown-stories where ancient myths, hidden truths, and the shadows of everyday life converge.He studied literature and philosophy at King's College London, disciplines that sharpened his interest in storytelling, symbolism, and the human struggle between light and darkness. Before dedicating himself entirely to writing, Blackwood worked in publishing and as a journalist, experiences that gave him a keen eye for detail and a love of uncovering stories hidden beneath the surface.

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