A music label mogul sets out to destroy the ambitions of a steampunk musician... and vice versa. In the twilight of the twenty-first century, Earth has a population exceeding one billion. For many, the technological dreams of the past have become a reality that has emulsified industries, cultures, and spiritual systems into a complex network of world order. It is an emergent period of peace, prosperity and safety that is maintained by the Guardians and their nano-robiotic body and mind enhanced Shadow Dancers. For Djawu Qaletaqu, a twenty-one-year-old Hopi steampunk musician in the recently formed global capital city of Nu Jeru, this new order means compulsive world service duty for indies like himself. Compelled to avoid world service conscription in the upcoming lotteries, he must find a way to break into the corporate music scene. The accidental discovery of a secret terroristic data threat hidden within the hottest nightspot on the planet catapults the brash and impetuous sitarian slinger into a series of adventures and political intrigues. Accompanied by a child-sized human assister Readybot and a powerful and beautiful Shadow Dancer, Djawu challenges the plans of a mysterious and sinister force.

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