In the near future, xenogenetist Carly Maclaine is the clone of a notorious pioneer in the field, who created an artificial intelligence called Napoleon. Napoleon has been on the run from the Commonwealth's secret police--but now they need Napoleon's help, and that means they need Carly's as well. Maclaine suddenly becomes a person of interest to the other Artificial Intelligences (AIs), paradox-loving Xeno and the deeply mysterious Oberon. These super-smart beings understand that everything is about to change, and that change can be dangerous, not only to them, but to everyone in society--and especially to someone like Carly! Another groundbreaking Tale of the Biotech Revolution.
Brian Michael Stableford was a British science fiction writer who published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.