In a world of wonders, wealth, and "perfect" mental health, a famous
poet commits gruesome murder . . . Why? That crime, that question, leads
a policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the
bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the
mind-the nightmare soul-of the psychopath himself . . . Greg Bear,
author of more than twenty-five books that have been translated into
seventeen languages, has won science fiction's highest honors and is
considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two
Hugos and four Nebulas for his fiction, he has been called "the best
working writer of hard science fiction" by The Science Fiction
Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such as Darwin's Radio, are considered
to be this generations' classics. Bear is married to Astrid Anderson,
daughter of science fiction great Poul Anderson, and they are the
parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. His recent thriller novel,
Quantico, was published in 2007 and the sequel, Mariposa, followed in
2009. He has since published a new, epic science fiction novel, City at
the End of Time and a generation starship novel, Hull Zero Three.