Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear

A resourceful young woman fleeing an abusive past finds work in a rough, steam-and-clockwork-tinged frontier city’s entertainment district, where she forms a fierce found family with other marginalized people and becomes drawn into a dangerous mystery involving disappearances and violence; using wit, courage, and the help of unlikely allies, she fights to protect those she loves and carve out a life of dignity in a brutal, unequal world.

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