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Lives of Bitter Rain: A Tyrant Philosophers Novella Tiny Books and the courage that canSHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES 2025 City by city, kingdom by kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach the rain before the storm. Outreach is that part of the Pal machine responsible for diplomacy converting enemies into friends, achieving through words what an army of five thousand could