Justina Robson is on shortlist for both the Arthur C Clarke Award and the BSAFA Best Novel Award for 1999. Also, winner of the first Amazon Writer's Bursary Award for "Silverscreen".
Justina Robson grew up and still lives in Leeds, Yorkshire. Her previous novels, Silver Screen, Mappa Mundi and Natural History have won the highest international acclaim for their inventiveness and imagination.
British author Robson's third novel to appear in the U.S. (after Natural History and Silver Screen) maintains throat-tightening suspense from its teasingly enigmatic introduction of its major characters to its painful conclusion that evil will succeed if well-meaning people try to achieve good at any cost. "Matter is only energy with information and identity was only information" is the guiding hypothesis of a number of idealists attempting to improve humanity through "Mappa Mundi," a mind-altering program. FBI specialist Jude Westhorpe, who's part Cherokee, tracks soulless Mikhail Guskov, the mastermind of a plot to steal the program's secrets, while fey genius-level British psychologist Natalie Armstrong fights inner battles against a father she can never please and her own debilitating self-pity. Meanwhile, the CIA and Pentagon work on developing mind-control technology worse than anything George Orwell imagined in 1984. Shortlisted for the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award, this near-future SF thriller presents convincing characters caught in profound moral dilemmas brought home through exquisite attention to plot details and setting. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Psychologist Natalie Armstrong's research involving a map of the human brain through the use of medical nanotechnology has become useful to the military as a form of mind control. At the same time, FBI special agent Jude Westhorpe is on the trail of a defector proficient in genetics and mind-mapping. As his search runs afoul of national security, he and Natalie become tentative partners in a race to prevent technology from becoming a dangerous weapon. Robson (Silver Screen) brings together cutting-edge technology and the ethics of science to produce a fast-paced thriller featuring a pair of compelling protagonists. Cinematic detail and a well-plotted story make this a good addition to most sf collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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