Cyteen

Synopsis

Cyteen is the story of Ariane Emory. Brilliant corrupt, a genius in genetics, psychology, rape, and blackmail. She dominates the Council of Nine as head of the expansionist party of the Multiworld Union, and is despot of the territory Reseune, where her laboratories create the one product essential to Cyteen: people. They are the "azi," human workers and soldiers, artificially grown, computer trained and owned by Reseune, and hence Ariane Emory. After one hundred and twenty years of life and fifty years of rule, Emory is murdered, but not for long... Cyteen is the story of the project: the plan to replicate Ariane Emory. Creating a genetic double is routine for Reseune's biotechnology, but nature is not nurture, and clones are still human beings. For the Project to succeed, Ariane's followers have to subject the clone to every formulative influence of the tyrant's life, keep her innocent of history, protect her from Emory's enemies and oppress or silence anyone who might even accidentally disrupt the program Cyteen is also the story of Ari, a little girl driven to solve a mystery she can sense, but not define. A child thrown into a storm of global upheaval when her creation is made public, she inherits a stranger's face and past enemies and victims. She must wield her predecessor's power to save herself, even from people she loves. And to survive, she must find out if she's a puppet crafted by a dead megalomaniac or the one person who can defuse a socio-genetic time bomb threatening to destroy her planet. For only Ariane Emory can save Cyteen...

Copyright:

1988

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

682 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780446671279

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing

Date of Addition:

05/20/25

Copyrighted By:

C. J. Cherryh

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Submitted By:

Deborah Murray

Proofread By:

BookMouse

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.