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Jazz Bashara, a smuggler and porter on the lunar colony Artemis, accepts a dangerous, high-paying sabotage job from wealthy businessman Trond Landvik to disrupt a monopolistic aluminum company, Sanches Aluminum. Her mission uncovers a deeper conspiracy involving a multi-trillion-dollar fiber-optic technology called ZAFO, which can only be manufactured on the moon. After Trond is murdered, Jazz reluctantly teams up with allies, including her estranged father, to destroy the Sanches smelter, which is controlled by a powerful crime syndicate, O Palacio. The plan goes awry, leading to a city-wide chloroform leak. Jazz bravely saves Artemis, facing personal and legal consequences, but ultimately secures her future and that of the lunar city by taking on a new role as a principled smuggler.
The story follows Nell, a young girl from the impoverished Leased Territories, who receives a stolen, self-aware educational device called the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. The book, designed by the engineer Hackworth to cultivate independent thought, adapts to Nell's reality, teaching her self-defense and critical thinking. Simultaneously, Hackworth navigates a complex world of neo-Victorian society, nanotechnology, and shadowy figures like Dr. X, who manipulate advanced technology for societal transformation. As Nell's Primer empowers her to lead a vast "Mouse Army" of orphaned girls, Hackworth grapples with his role as the "Alchemist" behind the Seed technology. The narrative explores themes of class, technology's impact on society, and the power of education in a dystopian future.