The book leaps abruptly from era to era and country to country, with multiple narratives framed within one another.

With the reality under the new law just beginning, there are still, for the time being, multiple narratives being forged.

Instead of a single truth, we have multiple narratives.

There are multiple narratives taking place with each combatant in varying scenes.

The novel uses both first and third person voices, whilst employing a variety of literary techniques such as multiple narratives and flashback.