Review: Complete Surprise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2010
I was taken completely off guard at the way this story pulled me in and kept me guessing up to the last page.  There really is a thin line between genius and insanity!  I loved the book, although some of the psi disk content was unsettling.  Psi discs have replaced sight and sound movies and television as an entertainment activity by adding the remaining senses of touch, taste, and smell with emotional responses thrown in for spice. I'm definitely going to read more of this author.  Our "dreamer", Lief Ableman, is middle age and has only one more psi disc to make on his contract before a most lucrative retirement.  Then, "dreamers" start dying.  The corporation asks him to find out why and we are off on a most interesting mind trip.  The book title refers to Lief's bobcat, Ruth.  Ruth is his trusted companion formed from his subconscious.  I recommend it highly.Another of Leather's books I've read and recommend is "Once Bitten"