Queen Of Angels

In this brilliant, evocative novel, Greg Bear takes the reader into a strangely familiar, near-future world , and shatters our conceptions of perfection, punishment, and the elusive nature of the human soul.
One is ultimately awed... it may be the most ambitious novel I've ever read. , Washington Post Book World
In a society enjoying peace, prosperity and technologically engineered mental health, Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, commits gruesome murder. Three people investigate the crime--one a therapist who will enter Goldsmith's mind to search for answers. A mesmerizing work set in a tomorrow that is less than a century away. Reissue.