Hydrogen Steel
by K.A.Bedford
Edge Science fiction, 306 pp. $19.95
Hydrogen Steel is by the author of Eclipse.
Retired homicide inspector Zette McGee is living on the luxury habitat Serendipity hiding the fact she is a “disposable”, An android provided with the memories of a human.. When she receives a call from Kell Fellow, another like her accused of killing his wife and children. Before hr can reach her, an internal bomb blows him up and sets Zette and her best friend on a search for the truth. But when her home I destroyed by a home brewed android identical to her. She and her friend, Gideon Smith escape, only to find sabotage, spies, nasty infections in both wetware ,and hardware,, bad guys, and bad machines out to get them. The journey brings them face to face with the awesomely powerful firemind, Hydrogen Steel.
Bedford writes a heck of a good book. Fully realized characters, and world, all the action you could wish for, and lots and lots of Ideas and concepts to occupy the mind. This is a must have , a go get it now book everyone will enjoy. - Pam Allan