Masque
Tristan has no identity, no face, no family, no rights. He is a perfect spy: an artificially created human whose metamorphic DNA can be programmed with "masques"--genetic copies of anyone--over and over again. Until his body breaks down. But Tristan's masters offer him humanity, citizenship, and...
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Tristan has no identity, no face, no family, no rights. He is a perfect spy: an artificially created human whose metamorphic DNA can be programmed with "masques"--genetic copies of anyone--over and over again. Until his body breaks down. But Tristan's masters offer him humanity, citizenship, and a permanent shape in exchange for one last mission. Now, Tristan must play a masquerade that will save--or destroy--an entire people.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780446606769 (0446606766)
Publish date: June 1st 1999
Publisher: Aspect
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
I suppose it would be eye-rolling to say I'd rate this 3 and three-quarter stars if I could? I guess what I mean about that, is that this is about average for a science fiction book, enjoyable without being something classic or quotable, but distinctive enough to remember years later. This has a lot...