''Mariposa'' (2009) is a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

novel written by

Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work covered themes of galactic conflict ('' Forge of God'' books), parallel universes ('' The Way'' series), ...

as both a sequel to ''Quantico'' and a prequel to ''Queen of Angels'', featuring characters from both earlier works. Set in 2021 America, whose government is more than fifty trillion dollars in debt, the novel follows an FBI investigation of the Talos Corporation (a thinly disguised Blackwater) which plans to disable the power grid across the entire Eastern seaboard in a simultaneous, coordinated attack of domestic terrorism, which will trigger the provisions of a law Congress passed authorizing Federal lands and resources as collateral to continue borrowing funds from overseas. Unexpected help comes from a secret weapon in the Federal arsenal, non-nuclear EMP, as well as a mute Mind Design proto-AI named Jones, early precursor to Jill, who has a back door into Talos. ''Mariposa'' is the missing link that ties '' Quantico'' (2005) together with the novels '' Queen of Angels'' (1990), ''"/"'' - also known as ''Slant'' - (1997), ''Heads'' (1990), and ''

Moving Mars ''Moving Mars'' is a science fiction novel written by Greg Bear. Published in 1993, it won the 1994 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was also nominated for the 1994 Hugo, Locus, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards, each in the same category. Th ...

'' (1993) into a single unified future history. Green Idaho has seceded from the Union. Mary Choi, the protagonist of ''Queen of Angels'' and ''/'' appears as an orphan of age two. President Raphkind comes to power, beginning an administration that is still reviled by the time of ''Queen of Angels'' in 2047.

Reviews

*Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2010) in Locus, #588 January 2010

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