Masque

Prometheus Award: Best Novel nominee (1999).

Tristan is the perfect spy. He's a "mime," an artificially created and cloned human who's metamorphic DNA can be programmed to transform him into a "masque" – a perfect genetic copy of anyone. Mimes can be turned into anyone their corporate city-state owners want, until the stress of assuming masques causes a meltdown.

Earning Selfhood – citizenship and a permanent form – is a mime's sole hope for survival. Tristan is one mission away from Selfhood.

His assignment is to enter the heart of the enemy corporation's nerve center, steal top-secret data, and escape through a lawless surreal hell of psychopathic cults and mutant undergrounds. At stake in his assignment is a looming holocaust that can bring destiny – or genocide – to an entire race.

"Compelling... a real page-turner." (San Francisco Chronicle)