Лучшие книги Эми Томсон

На далекой планете Тенду потерпел аварию исследовательский флайер землян. Джуна - единственная из всего экипажа, кому удалось избежать гибели. Но чтобы выжить в чужих, полных опасностей джунглях, земная женщина должна пройти трансформацию и уподобиться во всем аборигенам - амфибиям...

The John W. Campbell award-winning author of Virtual Girl offers an eyewitness account of "a complex alien ecology" (Washington Post Book World) in her stunning new novel. Amy Thomson captivated readers with her national bestselling debut, Virtual Girl. Her acclaimed thriller, The Color of Distance, was praised by Vonda N. McIntyre as "an energetic and entertaining first-contact novel." Now, Thomson has imagined a first-contact of a different sort-as two members of an alien species struggle for survival on a strange planet...called Earth.

In an illegal experiment, Arnold develops his perfect companion--a robot named Maggie. She's everything he ever wanted in a woman, but when they become separated, Maggie learns more about people and herself than Arnold planned. Soon she must decide if she's just a collection of microchips, or a person in her own right.