Y'know, I was very curious about this book, partly because I'm a recent McAuley fan, partly because its a biotech book.

However, I gave up on the book about halfway through because he didn't get to the freaking point! I like a good story with interesting characters, and this one has it with Alex Sharkey the initial viewpoint character, but after the setting moved to Paris it got slow. And this was with a Foreign Legion deserter with a combat personality on the loose.

So, maybe I'll revisit it and pick it back up, but I think its unlikely.

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Fits firmly into the cyberpunk genre, with hints of Neal Stephenson influence.... However, I didn't really enjoy the 'feeling' of the book. I liked McAuley's Confluence trilogy much more than this novel.

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Interesting premise, but never became engaging. Finishing the book was a slog. Will not re-read.

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" A wild and bizzarre vision of the future-I love this book." Pat Cadigan, author of Dirty Work

"An intelligent , fantastic, geo-political stew...rich in cultural references, believable corporate/political intrigues, and issues of self-awareness and the ethics of creation....McAuley is a Master."-
-LOCUS

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