Ill luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programe, but it was deliberate biological engineering which turned him into a monster -- a machine perfectly adapted to survive on Mars. For according to computer predictions, Mars is humankind's only alternative to extinction. But beneath his monstrous exterior, Torraway still carries a man's capacity for suffering.
Author Biography
* No.29 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written. * Winner of the Nebula Award * 'A spellbinding book written by a brilliant writer at the height of his powers' Times Literary Supplement * 'Brilliant' J. G. Ballard