![]() ![]() ![]() He often reassures her that all will be well, even when unrest spreads across Ark and outside the walls in Tin Town. Benjamin, the Master Wordsmith, has been Letta’s family since her parents were lost. Anyone found to be challenging the law, a Desecrator, is banished to the wild. The rule of law is created by John Noa and Ark is policed for him by gavvers ruthless men who will do anything they can to ensure the law is followed. For words are considered to be the cause of the Melting they are the root of all evil and therefore restrictions ensure there will be no more trouble. ![]() Letta makes the word cards that people are allowed to use in their daily lives – anything not a ‘List’ word is forbidden. Letta is an apprentice, learning the trade of the Wordsmith perhaps the most important role in all of Ark. But she’s only a young girl and he’s the leader of the known world. When she discovers that John Noa is planning to rob the people of language altogether and make them Wordless, she has to stop him. Letta’s job is to collect words and dole them out to people who need them. Ark is a place of tally sticks, rationed food and shared shoes, where art and music are banned, language is severely restricted and outcasts are thrown to the wolves. ![]()
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