Lettie Prell

A classic society adapting to technology story. In a world where (wealthy) people are beginning to be resurrected after their death in artificial bodies - and, potential, resurrected again and again when these wear out - young Sonata makes the decision to limit her reincarnations to no more than two, making herself a "limited edition" in order to make her existence more meaningful.



This novella does a good job of positing how society views this technology, but also the effects it has on the individuals when they find themselves as superhumans who can choose to dispassionately view their emotions and, of course, to ask if it is indeed "that it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."… (meer)

Nadine is a special young woman. She is the daughter of the man who transformed the small nation of Guatemala into the world’s largest and most powerful corporation. Nadine is an expert at virtual-reality applications, and when she goes undercover to find her father’s killers, she discovers a power within the Earth that can transform civilization — or destroy entire cities. She must face the juggernaut of corporate greed and secrecy to stop an experiment that could have cataclysmic consequences.

Although she is a skeptic, Nadine is finding that the magic claimed by mystics for centuries has real roots, and combining this mystical energy with virtual-reality control gives her the only tool that can stop the impending catastrophe … but at a great cost. She has awakened a beast within her own spirit that threatens to consume her.… (meer)