This book and the previous one of the series finally give us a better look into the world of the Psy. Things are not well in the PsyNet. It's those pesky emotions. Can't live with them, can't live without them. Some of the Council realize that protocols are going to have to change. Others advocate complete Silence, discounting the dangers of such a course. Nikita is an interesting window into the Council's inner workings. Could there lurk a bit of motherly feeling under that ice queen exterior?
Meanwhile, we learn about the J Psy (J for Justice). Able to find, record, and project the memories of criminals or witnesses to crime, they are integral to the justice system. They are rare and tend to have weak shielding meaning that their lives usually end young, in the reconditioning centres that all Psy dread. It seems to me that death would be preferable to a vegetative state, so it seems odd to me that the unsentimental Psy would keep these unfortunates alive, except as a warning to the general population I guess.
Sophia Russo, a J Psy, knows she's reached her best-before date. Soon, she won't be able to fool the Med Psy and reconditioning will be the outcome. So she is clinging to life and when Detective Max Shannon offers the possibility of tasting a real relationship and she grasps that chance (and him) with both hands.
These books are addictive when I'm in the right mood. The Psy slant is irresistible.
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