First published 1987
Raymond Keller makes a desperate choice. He volunteers to become an Eye, a human recorder stripped of emotion and feeling. The transformation promises escape from whatever memories torment him. But his plan goes wrong when he encounters Teresa, a young artist who pursues the opposite path. She uses alien dreaming jewels to enhance memory and experience rather than erase it. Their meeting creates an impossible tension. Raymond seeks numbness while Teresa chases vivid recollection. The alien technology that connects them offers radically different solutions to human pain. One person runs toward forgetting while the other embraces remembering. Their collision forces both to confront what they truly want from their transformed minds.
Genres: science-fiction, literary-fiction, fantasy, psychological-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
219 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Spectra
Content warnings: mental-illness