******A remarkable novel set in 1984 where a group of teenagers begin to discover powerful secrets about themselves, described as "_The Girl With All the Gifts_ meets _To Kill a Mockingbird_ " (Claire North).** ** ** **They call it the plague** A generation of children born with extreme genetic
One of Us
โ Scribed by Michael Marshall Smith
- Publisher
- Bantam;HarperCollins
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
It's not what you've done that countsit's what you remember....
If you could sell your conscience, could you get away with murder?
Hap Thompson works the gray area between truth and lies. He works for REMtemp, taking on other people's memories. It's illegal, but usually harmless. Maybe a petty criminal wants to pass a lie detector test. Or an unfaithful spouse wants to enjoy a guiltless affair. All Hap has to do is carry the memories for a couple of hours. It's easy money. Until a beautiful young woman who committed murder leaves her memory with Hapand won't take it back.
Now Hap is on the run: from the LAPD, from six angels of death in gray suits and sunglasses, and from the best hit man in the businesshis ex-wife. Even worse, people all around Hap are disappearing in a strange white light. His only hope is to negotiate with a guy who may be much more than he seems, so he can stay alive long enough to discover who is and who isn't...
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Library : Science Fiction
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780553580693
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