num_pages: 523
description: The map of everything you knoweverything you areeverything you ever will bejust got rewrittenA novel of hard SF exploring the nature of identity both inherited and engineered, from one of Britain's most acclaimed new talents. In the near future, when medical nanotechnology has made it possible to map a model of the living human brain, radical psychologist Natalie Armstrong sees her work suddenly become crucial to a cutting-edge military project for creating comprehensive mind-control. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Jude Westhorpe, FBI specialist, is tracking a cold war defector long involved in everything from gene sequencing to mind-mapping. But his investigation has begun to affect matters of national security-throwing Jude and Natalie together as partners in trouble-deep trouble from every direction. This fascinating novel explores the nature of humanity in the near future, when the power and potential of developing technologies demand that we adapt ourselves to their existence-whatever the price.
language: English
title: Mappa Mundi
titlecomplete: Mappa Mundi
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Sci Fi Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction
ratings_count: 265
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award
publisher: Pyr