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Title: Top of the class...
Review: Mooney's second book is the best kind of sophomore effort. It delivers the pacing and stylistic punch of his great first novel, DEVIANT WAYS, yet is wildly inventive and compelling in a totally different way. This is a technological "what if" story, risky because the conceit asks us to buy into what, in lesser hands, would be thin ice science fiction. But Mooney creates "science friction" instead, using the techno-gimmick for what it is, a playing field upon which [the]story unfolds. Keep a close eye on Mooney, because he's the real deal.
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