Diamond age. Stevenson N.

Far future. National governments fell, the boundaries of states were erased, the time has come for enclaves, uniting people on the basis of a common culture or ideology. The Society of “Neovictors”, combining high technologies and morality of the XIX century, develops most dynamically. Their main stronghold is Atlantis on the coast of the former China. One of the leaders and the main shareholders of the “Neovictorians”, Lord Finkel -Makgrow, orders the development of a “primer for noble girls” - an interactive supercomputer in the form of a book - for the princess and his granddaughter. This gadget should replace both the teacher and the parent and help them become true representatives of the elite. A talented nanotechnology engineer John Persival Hakworth kidnapping the device he developed from his owners and wants to transfer it to his daughter, so that she can learn to think freely, without the framework of the “neoVictorianism”. However, by chance, the “primer” falls into the hands of a young Nell, a girl from the very bottom of this Dickensian paradise. Now she has a device in her hands that can reprogram the future of mankind. And it changes everything...