Russell Letson Reviews Pacific Storm by Linda Nagata
Sea Change), and even the political-satirical side of Charles Stross ( Dead Lies Dreaming). Climate change, international business/politics, and an alphabet-soup artificial-intelligence/virtual-reality computational-communications infrastructure all contribute to the environment in which Ava Arnette operates. Ava – ex-army, ex-Honolulu police department – works as a security officer for the Kahanamoku Coastal Authority (KCA), monitoring a Waikiki tourist zone rebuilt and reinforced after the massively destructive Hurricane Nolo scoured `Oahu nine years earlier. The interests served by t...
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