Kaleidoscope Century

<b>From the flaps of the Tor first edition:</b> "Joshua Ali Quare wakes in 2109 at the age of 140 in a strong, youthful body with no memory of his past, to find he is at the center of a vast and deadly conspiracy. The only clues to his identity are the records he has left - messages from the man he once was... <p>...At the end of the twentieth century, Joshua Quare was chosen by a mysterious cabal to be the object of a terrifying experiment. Every fifteen years a tailored virus ravages his system, making him gravely ill, and destroying his memories, but leaving him ten years younger. To preserve some shred of his identity, Quare has left himself a hypertext journal, a record Quare must search to learn his place in this bizarre and treacherous future. <p>As Quare journeys through is past, he discovers he has been a key figure in the history of a turbulent, violent century - soldier, criminal, assassin, spy. A century filled with killing plagues and warring cults, ruthless corporations and dying nations. A century where survival is often the only option. <p>Now someone is looking for him - someone from his past - and Quare must learn the terrifying secret of his history before it unleashes devastating consequences for the future of the human race."

Year	Award	Category	Status
1996	Locus Poll Award	Best SF Novel	Nominee/Finalist