Authors: Larry Niven, Steven Barnes
ISBN-13: 9780812580105, ISBN-10: 0812580109
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Date Published: June 2001
Edition: Reissue
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His Beowulf's Children, co-authored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.
Steven Barnes is the author of several science fiction classics. He lives in Longview, Washington.
The future is a strange and dangerous place. Chaz Kato can testify to that. He is a citizen of Xanudu, a city-sized artificial island populated by some of the wealthiest men and women on future Earth. A place filled with hidden wonders and dark secrets of technology gone awry. Lenore Myles is a student when she travels to Xanadu and becomes involved with Chaz Kato. She is shocked when she uses Kato's access codes to uncover the grizzly truth behind Xandu's glittering facade.
Not knowing who to trust, Lenore finds herself on the run. Saturn, a mysterious entity, moves aggressively to break the security breach. With interests of the world's wealthiest people at stake, and powerful technology at it's fingertips, Saturn, puts Lenore racing for her life, against a truly formidable foe.
These best-selling co-authors create a Utopia set in the near future in this "enjoyable," "fast-paced" sci-fi thriller with "memorable characters" and "a magical setting." "Terrifying." "Thank you for sending me this book."