Published: Oct. 30, 2009
Words: 163764 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

"A page turner… sensitively drawn synthesis of desire, beauty, horror… thoughtful, terrifying view of the future." National Public Radio "genuinely gripping …entertaining combination of hard-boiled action, futuristic romance and speculative fiction." Publishers Weekly

Extended description

Karl Latte doesn’t like the twenty-first century. Not recombinants, not Ultimate Reality, not Digitally Mastered Immortals. He doesn’t like that people are disappearing, or that he stands to lose the only thing in the world that matters to him. Most of all he dislikes the talent he was born with, the talent that’s damned him—the ability to see into minds. A forty-year-old ex-cop with bad knees and an arrhythmic heart, he may be the last man in 2030 L.A. without a satcom implanted deep in his cortex. 21st century Luddite with the skills of a gun-for-hire blackmailed back to take over a case that’s left nine agents parted out, he is at once scrambling for his life. The assignment takes him to Plat 66, a sea platform owned by the genetic conglomerate, Genesistems. His task: find Romy, one of the last surviving first generation recombinants. Tall, slender, gifted, she's the apogee of genetic perfection—everything he loathes in a woman. All Karl wants is to go home—but before... (Read more) Karl Latte doesn’t like the twenty-first century. Not recombinants, not Ultimate Reality, not Digitally Mastered Immortals. He doesn’t like that people are disappearing, or that he stands to lose the only thing in the world that matters to him. Most of all he dislikes the talent he was born with, the talent that’s damned him—the ability to see into minds. A forty-year-old ex-cop with bad knees and an arrhythmic heart, he may be the last man in 2030 L.A. without a satcom implanted deep in his cortex. 21st century Luddite with the skills of a gun-for-hire blackmailed back to take over a case that’s left nine agents parted out, he is at once scrambling for his life. The assignment takes him to Plat 66, a sea platform owned by the genetic conglomerate, Genesistems. His task: find Romy, one of the last surviving first generation recombinants. Tall, slender, gifted, she's the apogee of genetic perfection—everything he loathes in a woman. All Karl wants is to go home—but before he can he’s got to get Romy off the plat alive. Easier said than done. Genesystems wants them dead, the Army of God is hell-bent to sink the plat, a sadistic cabal is murdering Sisters two a night, and a 21st century demon lurks just out of sight, craving possession of them both. Most alarming for Karl, as he grows to know this appealing patented life form, he finds his most cherished prejudices teetering as his concept of what is human and what is not skews bewilderingly.
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Review by: Dorothy Koch on Dec. 20, 2011 :
Well written book. It is always great to have a book that has been well edited. I personally didn't get hooked on the story but still read it - which says a lot for the writer. Good work.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: justin steward on Oct. 07, 2011 :
Thought provoking, well written, story with some rather deeper more memorable characters than most. Well worth the time and money spent.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Deborah Davis on June 02, 2011 :
From a die-hard Sci-Fi reader... it's a book you won't be able to put down and will be sorry when its over.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: ChristophxThexMighty on April 06, 2011 :
I believe there are 2 kinds of books. Ones you are glad when the ending comes because you want to move on with your life, and ones that make you irate as hell at the end because it IS over when you don't want it to be. This book for me is the latter. The characters are richly drawn in words for you, making you feel each one's personality. Each setting is created just as well so you feel like you are transported to the environment and experiencing what the characters are, whether it is action, horror, humor, or touching scenes between characters. If you plan on reading this, be prepared to not want to put it down.
(review of free book)

Review by: Alan Rudge on Jan. 19, 2011 :
I couldn't put this down. I'm not a huge fan of science fiction, mainly because so much of it lacks strong characterisation in favour of the science, but this is not the case here. I was totally involved in the plot, absorbed to the very last page. I'm sure if you pick it apart you could find inconsistencies, but that would kill the enjoyment of one of the best science fiction tales I've read for a considerable time.
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Review by: Roger R. Fernandez on Nov. 30, 2010 :
As this masterly written novel of romance and futuristic images moves forward, the reader realizes that he has entered a real world of intensive conflict and exhausting action, a possible world where to escape to, though perhaps not to the 21st century streets of Los Angeles… “Sisters of Glass” is indeed a page turner, fun producing read!
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Review by: BattleCat on Nov. 10, 2010 :
Dystopian; yes. Hokey; no. Really well done actually. I expected for it to be horribly trite and vulgar; another Blade Runner fantasy. It wasn't. It had a few plot holes big enough to drive a train through (medical, legal, and technical)but you hardly notice them, if you're allowing yourself to enjoy the book. I ignored them. Enjoyed the escapism; good job. Didn't see any 'techno that needed skipping'.
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Review by: Sarah Williams on Feb. 18, 2010 :
Ever read a book that really takes you there? Not just tells you about it, but puts you right there where it's happening? This one does it. There's some techno that needs skipping and some flashbacks too, but the scenes are blood red meat. I liked it when he prayed in the middle of all those sisters. Sweet.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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