Mindscape

<p><b>A science fiction tale of global warfare and the people who profit from it, <i>Mindscape</i> was Hairston''s extraordinary debut novel, nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the Otherwise Award.</b><br><br>The world has been divided by the Barrier. For 115 years this extraterrestrial, epidimensional entity has divided the earth into warring zones. Power-hungry politicians, gangsters, and spiritual fundamentalists are determined to thwart a potential treaty to end the internal wars.<br><br>When the treaty''s architect is assassinated, her protegee, Elleni, a talented renegade and one of the few able to negotiate the Barrier, is forced to take up her mantle.<br><br>Now Elleni and a motley crew of allies risk their lives to make the treaty work.<br><br>Can they repair their fractured world before the Barrier devours them completely?</p>