He (wasn't his name Ish?) wanted to give the hammer to his son, but the son died young in an epidemic. Just before he dies (on either the Bay or Golden Gate bridge) the tribe makes him pick a recipient of the hammer, and he chooses a guy who was sort of his caretaker and who I believe had an injured or malformed arm.
I think you'll need to throw in a touch of Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker or Drowned Cities with that for our future.
I think you'll need to throw in a touch of Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker or Drowned Cities with that for our future.
the hands that guide me are invisible