02449cam a2200313 4500 2713435395 TxAuBib 20260321120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781647100933 1647100933 B0CM67Z4SN Amazon aa332a8d-ec70-4363-8849-54047562d646 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10286000 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Turtledove, Harry. Wages of Sin [Libby eBook]. CAEZIK, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:A terrifying tale about HIV spreading in the early sixteenth century by an author, Publisher Weekly calls "The Master of Alternate History." What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who catches HIV is going to die. A patriarchal society reacts to this devastating disease in the only way it knows how: it sequesters women as much as possible, limiting contacts between the sexes except for married couples. While imperfect, such drastic actions do limit the spread of the disease. The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devasting destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of travelling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by both law custom. Meticulously researched and exquisitely detailed in a way only a master like Harry Turtledove can do, this book is a tour-de-force from one of the best historical and alternate history writers ever to write in the genre.. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-20 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aa332a8d-ec70-4363-8849-54047562d646&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aa332a8d-ec70-4363-8849-54047562d646&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID