Sublime

The basement floors had never been Beanstalk territory, and Levels 1 to 12 comprised a single large garden. Above the garden was the Middle Zone, or Demilitarized Zone, where foreigners were free to enter—commercial facilities such as department stores, malls, and movie theaters all the way up to Level 21. Then, Levels 22 to 25 were dedicated to th

As material barriers, many of the larger linear earthworks of the Early Medieval landscape functioned most effectively to control the movement of livestock. Small armies might ignore a ditch and bank or climb over or around it; cattle and sheep are much less inclined to scale something as massive as the Wansdyke, especially if they are being herded

He knew that the best defense against invading roads that were looking for budding branches to gobble up was a well-built system that could outcompete any interloper with rock-bottom rates.