Review: great science fiction read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2011
Review as member giveaway eBookThis was a very good science fiction read.Mars colony is struggling to survive with a poor birth rate and no new colonists from Earth. Asher is a cloner, using ghosting technology he can save the memories of dying colonists and transfer them into robotic bodies. This helps to preserve vital skills for the colony such as doctors and engineers. This technology is seen as a threat by an AI evolved on a satellite of Venus who sends AI robots to Mars to destroy this technology. The novel is set in this context with colonists accepting but uneasy with the cloned colonists, the cloners working underground to continue their work against a guerrilla war being waged by the AI (Cartesian) warriors fighting from the deserts. Asher decides to clone a girl who reminds him of his murdered daughter, killed in a Cartesian attack on the dome he was working from.This sets of a cascade of events which will keep you wanting to read more. The plot is pacy, the underlying concepts intriguing, the characters are well drawn and relevant to the overarching themes of the novel. You also have car and bike racing across the valleys of Mars. What more could you ask for.I look forward to further novels set in this world.