Overview

This second installment in a classic cyberpunk series is a fast-paced ride through a gritty, well-imagined world. Steward is a clone, a beta. His memories are fifteen years old because his alpha never had a brain-scan update. And in those fifteen years, the entire world has changed. An alien race known as the Powers has established relations with humanity. The Policorp that held his allegiance has collapsed. He fought and survived the off-world Artifact War, but dozens of his friends did not. Both his first and second wives have divorced him. And, more importantly, someone has murdered him, causing the activation of the beta backup. Now Steward must probe into the horrors of the war, its politics and betrayals, to find out who wanted him dead--if he doesn't want to die again.

Full Product Details

9781433253003

Table of Contents

Reviews

Fast-moving, hard-driving, with a robust, well-handled plot, an unusual approach, and plenty of intriguing complications. All in all, a stirring and heartening performance. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A combination of fast action, gritty realism, and high-tech polytechnics that is certain to be popular with Williams' growing audience. -- Booklist Resonances of Vietnam-era moral concerns make this deft updating of the post-World War II genre of psychological thrillers about amnesiacs one of the best of its kind. -- Publishers Weekly Fast-paced adventure...carefully plotted and well written. -- Chicago Tribune Slick and intelligent entertainment. The tension remains high throughout. A taut, satisfying tale of space-age skulduggery. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Resonances of Vietnam-era moral concerns make this deft updating of the post-World War II genre of psychological thrillers about amnesiacs one of the best of its kind. -- Publishers Weekly Slick and intelligent entertainment. The tension remains high throughout. A taut, satisfying tale of space-age skulduggery. -- San Francisco Chronicle A combination of fast action, gritty realism, and high-tech polytechnics that is certain to be popular with Williams' growing audience. -- Booklist Fast-moving, hard-driving, with a robust, well-handled plot, an unusual approach, and plenty of intriguing complications. All in all, a stirring and heartening performance. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Fast-paced adventure...carefully plotted and well written. -- Chicago Tribune

Author Information

Walter Jon Williams has been nominated for every major science fiction award, including Hugo and Nebula award nominations for his novel City on Fire. His books include The Sundering, The Praxis, Destiny's Way, and The Rift. He lives near Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife. Emily Janice Card (a.k.a. Emily Rankin) is an actor, writer, and singer from North Carolina, now residing in Los Angeles. In addition to being a narrator, she has directed numerous audiobooks, including the 2007 Audie and Earphones Award winner Hubris, Legacy of Ashes by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, and Them by Nathan McCall. Her own audiobook narration has won her four Earphones Awards. Don Leslie has appeared on Broadway, off Broadway, and in regional theaters throughout the country. He has been heard in thousands of commercials, promos for all the broadcast networks and most cable stations, political campaigns, movie trailers, and over fifty audiobooks.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available