Kirinyaga

In "Kirinyaga," award-winning author Mike Resnick crafts a compelling narrative about Koriba, a distinguished Kikuyu man determined to recreate his people's ancient utopia on a terraformed planetoid. Set in the 22nd century amidst the ruins of polluted cities in Kenya, Koriba, as the mundumugu, faces profound challenges while leading his colony, including a brilliant girl whose intellect threatens their traditions and the interference of a powerful entity known as "Maintenance." With the fate of the colony hanging in the balance, Resnick explores the tensions between knowledge and tradition in this deeply moving and thought-provoking tale.