Arachne

"Powerful . . . Entertaining . . . Imaginative." -People Magazine High above the dangerous streets of post-quake San Francisco Island, mechanically modified mediators link minds in a cybernetic telespace to push through big deals and decisions at lightning speed. But unexplained telelink blackouts and bizarre hallucinations have marred mediator Carly Quester's debut appearance before a computer-generated Venue-forcing her to consider delicate psychic surgery at the hands of a robot therapist, Prober Spinner. And suddenly the ambitious young mediator is at risk in a deadly Artificial Intelligence scheme to steal human souls. Because the ghosts of Carly's unconscious may be a prize well worth killing for. Lisa Mason has published ten novels including Summer of Love (a Philip K. Dick Award Finalist), The Gilded Age (a New York Times Notable Book), Strange Ladies: 7 Stories (a collection of previously published fiction), and thirty-three stories and novellas in magazines and anthologies worldwide. Her Omni story, "Tomorrow's Child," sold outright as a feature film to Universal Pictures. Literary agent: Mark Gottlieb, Trident Media Group