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In this companion to The Forgetting, Samara is one of the Knowing, humans on a foreign planet who cannot forget anything. But Samara considers this "punishment" and flees to Canaan "to Forget." Beckett is from Earth, sent to Samara's planet to find the lost colony of Canaan. Their chance meeting and burgeoning attraction lead them to uncover dark secrets of each society in a fast-paced, twisting plot made vivid by enthralling prose.