- Hardcover: 342 pages
- Publisher: Aspect; First Edition edition (April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0446519774
- ISBN-13: 978-0446519779
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,573,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An enjoyable read with more than a few nods at Phillip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". As with all such novels, it takes a few chapters to understand the language and visualise the environment but the story line is involving and most of the characters have enough depth for the reader to care what happens to them.
The story line owes a significant amount to Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, being the hackneyed tale of super-agent entering fortress of megalomaniac and bringing down the whole edifice. The holes in the plot, which allow him to do this, could be driven through with a truck. Nevertheless there are enough surprises in the plot to keep the reader away from the feeling that it has all been done before.
In addition, the unworthy thought came that this book was written with Hollywood in mind and, in some areas, read along the simplistic lines of a film script. Possibly because of this, the technological, environmental and social aspects of this future world were clearly described and well-written, where it might have been easy to descend into the incomprehensible - a difficult tightrope walk for any author who has to balance readability with original concepts.
Either way, there is more than a sniff of sequel in the ending and I'll look forward to reading future books following this story line.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Masque has a strong storyline. The book kept moving till the very last page. The ideas portrayed in the book are among the most original I've read in a long time. I'd rate this book as a must read for all Sci-Fi fans.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Tristan, the perfect spy, has no family, no friends and no identity. He is an artificial being whose metamorphic DNA can be programmed to transform himself into another identity, or "masque". And Tristan is a pawn in a game between warring corporate city-states, with his only goal being "Selfhood" which would allow him citizenship and a permanent form.
The storyline comes off as a "Blade Runner" for the new millenium, filled with lawless, surreal cults and underground organizations standing out against the corporate city states that war for the ultimate monopoly of governing all of the planet. Plots are interwoven with counterplots creating espionage and conspiracies galore; A mythic figure named Okasan transforms from saviour to "mother" to evil and back; Tristan becomes both pawn and player in a game that keeps expanding with every page.
Well written, fast paced and filled with moral issues that confront us with issues about humanity. There is more depth here than first meets the eye, and yet the issues don't bog down the pace of this future thriller. Highly Recommended.
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