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Publisher Description
Suyana Sapaki survived an assassination attempt and has risen far higher than her opponents ever expected. Now she has to keep her friends close and her enemies closer as she walks a deadly tightrope—and one misstep could mean death, or worse—in this smart, fast-paced sequel to the critically acclaimed Persona that “ranks with the best political SF” (B&N SciFi).
A year ago, International Assembly delegate Suyana Sapaki barely survived an attempt on her life. Now she’s climbing the social ranks, dating the American Face, and poised for greatness. She has everything she wants, but the secret that drives her can’t stay hidden forever. While she’s saved herself from a life-threatening political scandal, she’s gained a new enemy: the public eye.
Daniel Park was hoping for the story of a lifetime. And he got her. He’s been following Suyana for a year. But what do you do when this person you thought you knew has vanished inside the shell, and dangers are building all around you? How much will Daniel risk when his job is to break the story? And how far will he go for a cause that isn’t his?
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This near-future thriller shows what awaits in a world that conflates popularity with authority. Continuing the education of celebrity Suyana Sapaki, an Amazonian Face (ambassador) first encountered in Persona, the story follows her intimately as she negotiates a romantic relationship with the U.S. Face and the increasing distance from her ecoterrorist allies, all while avoiding more assassination attempts. Her assigned paparazzo, Daniel, has to resolve the conflicts between his loyalty to Suyana, forged during their earlier brushes with death, and his commitment to the undercover news service that wired him up with bodycam and mike. In a relentless arena of international relations as infotainment, characters struggle to maintain some sense of self-worth and privacy in spite of the round-the-clock scrutiny. The choices offered require picking the lesser of evils; the results may promise better times to come, but the system itself emerges as the biggest winner. The focus on Suyana's day-to-day existence nicely displays the how politics can become reality TV, but it also makes the diplomatic maneuvering and politicking curiously distant and hard to follow.
