by Greg Bear (Author)
WHY? That crime and that question lead a biotransformed policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the Bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the mind - into the nightmare soul - of the psychopath himself. This is science fiction at its best: a detective story, a story of virtual reality entrapments and the coming to consciousness of an Artificial Intelligence...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 474
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 08 Jun 2000
ISBN 10: 1857989430
ISBN 13: 9781857989434
Book Overview: * Greg Bear is winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards * 'As complex, dangerous, and challenging as any journey into the farthest reaches of space and time' LOCUS * 'One is ultimately awed ... it may be the most ambitious book I've ever read' WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD * Arthur C. Clarke has his most formidable rival yet' THE TIMES.