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The Glitch: The Paradise Chronicle: Book One A brutal murder. Mysterious markings carved into the victim. A forgotten prophecy. A reactivated, long-lost robot. A stripping cow. A ruthless politician. A conspiracy which threatens to bring Paradise to its knees. Paradise, 2301: 200 years ago, following WWIII, the utopian Paradise formed from the remnants of the European Alliance. Since then, its citizens - the Great Nine - live peacefully and harmonically on European soil. The only surviving bastion following the Great War, Paradise has become a place where the arts and generosity flow freely among cows and eagles, horses and donkeys, apes and foxes, cats and dogs, humans and robots. Until the brutal murder of a bull shakes Paradise to its core. Who murdered him? Why? And what do the markings carved into the victim mean? To investigate, the long-deactivated and fully restored robot Helmut is brought back to life. His mission: identify the murderer and bring them to the ruthless and power-hungry Cow Councillor Christine. But can she be trusted? On which side is she? What sides are there? Helmut soon realises things aren’t what they seem to be and he finds himself entangled in a silent war, a vast conspiracy, which threatens to bring Paradise to its knees. As if things weren’t absurd enough already, Helmut encounters the stripping cow Marguerite. It is love at first sight.