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Aktion	Zweigstelle	Signaturfarbe	Standorte	Status	Vorbestellungen	Frist	Barcode
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: Wissensturm	Signaturfarbe:	Standorte: Be KuangR eng / Englisch	Status: Entliehen	Vorbestellungen: 1	Frist: 10.11.2025	Barcode: C0007451341

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1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, Robin trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation - also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working - the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars - has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, he realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide...