▁for ▁Earth ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁real ities ▁( or ▁otherwise ▁of ▁covering ▁up ▁this ▁mot ive ). ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁final ▁scene , ▁M me ▁' O ' ▁appears ▁to ▁accept ▁this ▁accus ation . ▁ ▁The ▁Phil os opher ▁A ▁tort urer ▁and ▁former ▁employee ▁of ▁the ▁police ▁and ▁army . ▁The ▁Phil os opher ▁lik es ▁to ▁imagine ▁himself ▁as ▁an ▁eth ical ▁and ▁thought ful ▁man ▁- ▁hence ▁his ▁sob ri quet ▁- ▁and ▁claims ▁to ▁take ▁no ▁pleasure ▁in ▁his ▁work , ▁seeing ▁it ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁necessary ▁evil . ▁ ▁Bis quit ine ▁A ▁young ▁and ▁apparently ▁mad ▁woman ▁kept ▁under ▁close ▁watch ▁by ▁the ▁Conc ern . ▁Through ▁various ▁extreme ▁and ▁un eth ical ▁measures , ▁the ▁Conc ern ▁has ▁developed ▁Bis quit ine ' s ▁transition ▁powers ▁to ▁a ▁very ▁high ▁degree . ▁Thus ▁cra zy ▁and ▁possessed ▁of ▁super pow ers , ▁she ▁is ▁the ▁Conc ern ' s ▁secret ▁weapon ; ▁a ▁real ▁loose ▁can non . ▁In ▁the ▁end ▁she ▁is ▁revealed ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁ab used ▁character ▁we ▁have ▁briefly ▁met ▁in ▁previous ▁chap ters , ▁named ▁" Subject ▁ 7 ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Doug ▁John stone ▁for ▁The ▁Independent ▁concluded : ▁" Trans ition ▁is ▁a ▁book ▁that ▁makes ▁you ▁think , ▁one ▁that ▁makes ▁you ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁world ▁around ▁you ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁light , ▁and ▁it ' s ▁also ▁a ▁properly ▁thr illing ▁read . ▁If ▁only ▁more ▁contemporary ▁fiction ▁was ▁like ▁it ." ▁ ▁Patrick ▁N