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Diamond Mask (Galactic Milieu Trilogy)

by Julian May

Series: Galactic Milieu (2)

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Tor (1995), Paperback, 480 pages

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Book Two of the trilogy moves toward the being known as Hydra, and reveals the identity of "Fury." It is really the story of a character not introduced in the first novel except in passing. Which makes me wonder about the third book.

The story is compelling enough to keep reading. ( )
  Mdshrk1 | Jul 8, 2008 |
As it's the second book in the trilogy, I expected the further adventures of the established, enormous cast of characters from the first book. They played relatively minor roles in this one, but it served to give a simple enough story an enormous richness. This book had two moments where my jaw dropped, quite literally. One was halfway through, and I recall thinking, holy moly, this would have been a climax in any other series! Enthralling. ( )
  SanyaWeathers | Jun 19, 2008 |
Jack Remillard is one of the most powerful psychics on the planet. Using his telekiniesis, he can create a body for himself out of molecules in the air. But, he is lonely and wants a mate. She has been waiting for him, a woman of near equal mental powers. The Diamond Mask. They are destined for one another. And destined to save mankind. A fantastic sequel to "Jack the Bodiless." ( )
  jshillingford | Jul 17, 2007 |
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 more power, and Marc Remillard is someone they are interested in. It seems that the two brothers will be on opposite political sides.

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  bluetyson | Dec 8, 2006 |
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He knew it had to be some kind of miracle—perhaps one programmed by Saint Jack the Bodiless himself.
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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 . . .

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