About the Author

Stephen Dedman is the author of the novels "Foreign Bodies" and "The Art of Arrow Cutting." The latter was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Horror Novel. His award-nominated short fiction has appeared in most major genre magazines, including "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's, " and "SF Age," as well as such highly regarded anthologies as "Little Deaths, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Dreaming Down Under, " and "Centaurus." A collection of his short work, "The Lady of Circumstances," was published in 1999. He lives in Perth, Australia, and is currently working on a third novel of magic noir.

Reviews

"Characters; the beautiful, eroded city; and a vividly imagined society make this compelling reading." --"Booklist"

"[Dedman] explores the illusory borders of gender and race in this fast-paced SF adventure." --"Library Journal"

"The story concept itself will hook readers in. Dedman works out a satisfying ending without making his protagonist overly heroic or pushing a false-toned happily-ever-after." --"Publishers Weekly"

Trapped inside the body of a young woman from the future, Mike Galloway faces the challenge of surviving in the grim world of 21st-century San Francisco while he searches for a way to recover his true form. Galloway's quest leads him to a racist conspiracy of Apocalyptic terrorists whose actions may lead to the destruction of the world. The author of The Art of Arrow Cutting explores the illusory borders of gender and race in this fast-paced sf adventure, which belongs in most sf collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.