ʻAʻole hiki iā Clay Jannon ke noʻonoʻo i ka hopena ʻana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo i loko o kahi hale puke puke ʻē.
Akā, ua wāwahi ʻia kona ʻenehana ʻē aʻe i ke awāwa ʻo Silicon i loko o nā ʻāpana he tausani a pono ʻo ia e ʻimi i nā ala ʻē aʻe, nā ala hou e loaʻa ai kahi ala o ke ola.
Ma kekahi ʻano, ua alakaʻi ʻia kāna disenchantment me ka ʻenehana iā ia i kēlā hale kūʻai puke. Akā ʻo ka mea hiki ʻole iā ia ke noʻonoʻo he hapa like nā mea āpau ...
I ka mua, he mea ʻē loa ka nui o nā mea i loko o kēlā hale kūʻai puke puni makahiki. ʻO kāna wahi o nā puke hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili ʻia, e like me kāna haku, ʻo Mr. Penumbra, i koi ai; kāna mau mea kūʻai aku i paʻakikī e kūʻai aku i nā puke a i lau i nā kope me ka cadence pohihihi; e lewa i kona lewa no kekahi ʻano decadent limbo kūlohelohe ...
Hoʻololi ka pō i kāna hana hou i kekahi manawa i kahi malihini malihini ʻē, kahi ʻano impromptu outing no nā ʻuhane. A ʻo Clay kāna palena o ka hoihoi ...
E nānā iki aʻe ke kanaka ʻōpio me ka nānā nui aku, e hoʻokokoke ana i nā puke kahiko, e nānā ana i nā mea o loko.
I ka manawa o kekahi o kāna mau hoaaloha makamae loa, nā geeks mai nā māla hana a me nā anamanaʻo āpau o ka ʻenehana i hoʻokele i ko lākou hopohopo a puni ke awāwa ʻo Silicon, ʻike a nānā i nā leka o kekahi o kēlā mau puke, hoʻomaka ka mea e hāʻawi i kahi ʻala o pohihihi nui.
ʻO ka nalo ʻana o ka mea nona ka hale waihona puke e hoʻonui wale i nā enigma ulu.
Ke kuhikuhi nā kuhi i ka nalowale o ka mea nāna i New York, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Clay e huakaʻi i ka Big Apple. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loulou me ka hui malū o Unbroken Spine e pau i ka pani ʻana i kahi pōʻai a puni e hiki ai iā Clay ke aʻo i nā mea huna nui he nui e hōʻoia i nā mea āpau ...
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke iā Mr. Penumbra a me kāna hale kūʻai puke he 24 mau hola, kahi hiʻona mua a Robin Sloan i hoʻoluliluli i ka mākeke paʻi ʻo US, ma aneʻi: