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Diamond Mask (Galactic Milieu Trilogy)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345362483
ISBN: 0345362489
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 30, 1995
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: January 30, 1995
Studio: Del Rey
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Editorial Review:
The 21st century was drawing to a close, and metapsychic humankind was poised at last to achieve Unity -- to be admitted into the group mind of the already unified alien races of the Galactic Milieu. But a growing corps of rebels was plotting to keep the people of Earth forever separate in the name of human individuality. And the rebels had a secret supporter: Fury, the insane metapsychic creatrue that would stop at nothing to claim humanity for itself. Fury's greatest enemy was the mutant genius Jack the Bodiless, whose power it craved. But Jack would never be a tool for Fury . . .
And so it turned to Dorothea Macdonald, a young woman who had spent a lifetime hiding her towering mindpowers from the best mind readers of the Milieu. But she could not hide them from Fury -- or from Jack. Time and again she rejected their advances, unwilling to be drawn into the maelstrom of galactic politics or megalomaniacal dreams. And in the end, no one -- not Jack, not Fury, not even the Galactic Milieu -- would be a match for the awesome powers of the girl who would come to be called Diamond Mask . . .
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Super Reader
The being known as Fury is still at work, and an obvious target is Dorothea MacDonald, perhaps the most powerful operant human alive. She lives quietly on the Scots planet Caledonia. When whe tells Fury to get lost, the Milieu discover her as well, and when she enters the Metapsychi Institute, she meets Jack Remillard. They realise they are meant to be together, as Jack is the only other human with her power level.
A rebellion is brewing, and Caladonia is part of it. The rebels need ... Read More
Rating:  - A typical middle volume
"Diamond Mask" follows the adventures of the alternatingly lucky and luckless Remiellards and their friends (human and otherwise), starting when Jack is a teenager and continuing to almost the start of the Metaphysic Rebellion. The main event in this volume is the introduction of Dorothea McDonald, who we first see as a child when her mother is murdered my Hydra. I will posit that the characterization in "Diamond Mask" is magnificent, as it is in any Julian May novel. Everybody is entirely real, ... Read More
Rating: - A focused and interesting continuation to a grand series.
Diamond Mask continues the Galactic Milieu trilogy which starts in Jack The Bodiless. If you have not read that book and the preceding series (The Saga Of The Pliocene Exile and Intervention) then you should not read this book. It is a well thought out and interesting book on its own, but it holds far more value when viewed in context with it's predecessors.
Diamond Mask is once again told as the recollections of Rogi Remillard, though for the most part this device dissolves into standard storytelling ... Read More
Rating:  - A Diamond Whose Size Is Its Only Flaw
It was Julian May's novels of the Pliocene Exile that first introduced me to her concepts of metapsychic powers and the Galactic Milieu. I enjoyed them very much--but hesitated for some time before checking out any of the prequels of the Galactic Milieu Trilogy; I doubted they could be nearly as good as the others, lacking the hilarious antics of Aiken Drum. And now I must confess to being a convert! Aiken or no Aiken, _Diamond Mask_ and its predecessor won me over thoroughly.
Imagine it: in the not ... Read More
Rating: - Diamond Mask
This is a magnificent and intriguing publication. It is written with a magnificent sense of prose, and I literally devoured it in a few sittings. The journey of Dorathea Macdonald as develops into a paramount operent is filled with tragedies, loves, and denial. To be concise, its a great book!
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