Saturn Returns (Astropolis)
Imre Bergamasc is reborn in a cobbled-together body after a group mind called the Jinc salvages his hard-copy backup. From the state of the backup, which should have been able to survive nearly anything but was clearly intentionally destroyed, and from the few, fragmentary memories Imre can piece together, it's clear that he was the victim of an elaborately plotted murder. He escapes the Jinc and makes his way through the wreckage of the Continuum, the civilization he knew, to the wreckage of one place he has remembered, the Mandala Supersystem. He finds old companions and slowly pieces together the plot that nearly destroyed him, discovering sinister implications for the fate of all humanity in a mysterious event called the Slow Wave. Williams' approach to the future fascinates, and his fast-paced, entertaining plotting delivers an eminently satisfying space opera.Regina SchroederCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved