The Schizogenic Man

They told John Heron it would be a harmless experiment. MEQAT, the artificial intelligence governing the New City, has selected him as the ideal candidate for some memory research. All Heron has to do is lie down, strapped to a machine, and dream... wild dreams, of ancient Alexandreia and the opulent court of Cleopatra—and of Stella Cranach, Heron's companion in his journey of imagination. But heron is in for a rude awakening. Each time he comes to, the city he remembers is subtly and dangerously altered—and so is Stella. Caught between a dream of the past and a nightmare of infinite realities, Heron will resk everything to get back home...