Dystopian -- 3 1/2 stars
In 2038, human cloning is a growing and cutthroat business. Constance arrives at the clinic for the monthly upload of her consciousness, necessary to keep her clone up to date. When she wakes, she discovers that more than a few hours have passed, the original Constance is dead, and eighteen months of her memories are missing. Constance needs to know what happened to her original if she is going to survive. ----- In this dystopian tale, there is no darkness of devastation to overcome. The world as we know it continues, recognizable and unchanged--more war for acceptance than fight for survival. Very little technical gobbledegook stands in the way of what is essentially a futuristic mystery. Constance finds friends and enemies in her search for the truth, but Mr. FitzSimmons does a good job of masking which is which, right up until the final twist. Diverse and interesting characters, and Constance, of course, who is something of a mystery even to herself.
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