New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in "the Detroit of the future - a city of extreme poverty and extravagant wealth, were every life is overshadowed by the megalithic biotech corporation GeneSys. With the rise of maglev transportation and the death of the auto industry, the name Motor City has become an anachronism. There are no jobs except GeneSys jobs. One can either pass an exam and obtain an office job at GeneSys headquarters or work in the dangerous biopolymer-growing vats in Vattown." Winner of the 1999 Spectrum award. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-312865384.