Non Serviam
The Hypostasis of Dissent, #1
Reeks: The Hypostasis of Dissent
Sfarda L. Gül
- "Astute,
- immersive,
- grotesque,
- yet
- always
- bold
- and
- boasting
- serious
- moral
- weight,
- Gül's
- complex
- gothic
- will
- entrance
- and
- edify
- readers
- who
- relish
- the
- challenge."—Publishers
- WeeklyExpressing
- emotion
- is
- prohibited
- by
- law
- in
- the
- city
- state
- of
- Vencenza.Beneath
- its
- tyrannical
- shadow,
- Giorgianna,
- a
- deranged
- former
- playwright
- turned
- political
- fugitive,
- flees
- a
- brothel
- to
- seek
- justice
- for
- the
- murder
- of
- a
- beloved
- friend.When
- the
- last
- remnants
- of
- her
- bloodline
- are
- reaped
- by
- the
- incorrigible
- Minister
- of
- Dominion,
- Giorgianna's
- crooked
- path
- to
- retribution
- crosses
- with
- Vencenza's
- Machiavellian
- revolutionary
- hellbent
- on
- regime
- overturn.All
- the
- while,
- the
- weight
- of
- unending
- tragedy
- erodes
- Giorgianna's
- psyche
- into
- a
- vengeful
- bloodlust
- plagued
- by
- cabbalistic
- visions
- hinting
- at
- an
- ever-darker
- face
- of
- the
- violent
- Powers
- That
- Be.The
- first
- in
- a
- grimdark
- political
- mystery
- X
- dystopian
- gothic
- fantasy
- duology,
- NON
- SERVIAM
- is
- written
- with
- a
- unique,
- experimental
- style
- in
- the
- spirit
- of
- poetry,
- art
- cinema,
- and
- classics—suffused
- with
- visceral
- symbolism,
- lush,
- archaic-esque
- purple
- prose,
- and
- philosophical
- ponderings
- aimed
- at
- interrogating
- totalitarianism,
- colonial
- legacy,
- and
- state
- violence.
- Venice,
- Sardinia,
- and
- the
- Etruscan
- Civilisation
- inspire
- its
- vividly
- intricate,
- queernormative
- setting.The
- paperback
- edition
- features
- 25
- illustrations
- by
- the
- author,
- Sfarda
- L.
- Gül,
- as
- well
- as
- one
- illustration
- each
- by
- Ayse-Mira
- Yasin,
- Nadia
- Sampellegrini,
- and
- Sophia
- Arnaout.Take
- note
- that
- this
- book
- is
- very
- heavy
- on
- worldbuilding
- and
- conlang
- (including
- footnotes
- and
- several
- POV
- types
- (1st
- person
- limited;
- 3rd
- person
- limited;
- 2nd
- person
- limited
- every
- other
- chapter
- for
- the
- first
- ~10%
- of
- the
- book;
- all
- past
- tense)),
- and
- features
- very
- dense,
- indulgent,
- metaphorical
- poetic
- prose,
- something
- which
- some
- readers
- may
- find
- detracts
- from
- immersion
- for
- them.Content
- Warnings:
- government
- oppression,
- death,
- graphic
- gore,
- self-injury,
- mental
- illness,
- sex
- trafficking,
- sexual
- harassment,
- police
- brutality,
- violence
- against
- women
- and
- trans-identifying
- peoples,
- birth-related
- trauma,
- gun
- violence,
- religion,
- classism,
- discussions
- of
- sexual
- violence
- (humans,
- minors,
- corpses),
- child
- abuse,
- workplace
- violence,
- divorce,
- smoking
- (tobacco
- and
- opium),
- alcohol,
- mention
- of
- intravenous
- drug
- abuse,
- surgical
- procedures
- and
- needles
- (singular
- instance),
- fires
- and
- burns,
- strong
- language.ALL
- ROYALTIES
- earned
- from
- the
- title
- are
- donated
- to
- Doctors
- Without
- Borders,
- the
- Kurdish
- Red
- Crescent,
- and
- All
- For Armenia.
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