The Nature of Smoke by Anne Harris - SF - SFBookcase.com - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.

Series: Misc
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0312863519
Pages: 288 pages
Publisher: Saint Martin''s Press
Price: $13.95
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The Nature of Smoke by Anne Harris

Description: A dangerous novel of sex, drugs, and high-tech Chaos Theory. Magnolia runs away from her dysfunctional family and lands in New York City, only to become entangled in the machinations of Rahul, a brilliant-but-unhinged scientist given to creating bio-androids. At Rahul's Siberian mansion Magnolia meets a collection of misfits who will each influence her life's direction: Cid, ostensibly Rahul's employee, who conduces secret research into the celular structure of one of Rahul's creations; Keilira, the security chief who smuggles Magnolia to the mansion because she reminds him of his lost sister; Spider, a vicious thug whose jealousy will endanger them all; Mrs. Wujck, an apparantly servile android created by Rahul whose loyalties - despite the belief that she can't have any - have been swayed; and, Tumcari, at once Rahul's first success and spectacular failure.