Scion of the Zodiac

In a future where people reincarnate by downloading themselves into cloned bodies, Kane Azeka is the victim of a botched installation. In his previous incarnation, he was a survey biologist, exploring the alien moon Nysus. Uploaded following a tragic accident, he awakens inside the head of teenaged Dana Hallis. He should have been activated in Dana’s infancy, but something went wrong, and Dana developed into his own, separate person. Someone, or something, wants Dana’s memories, and they have re-installed Kane to get them. But centuries have elapsed since Kane’s last existence, and he doesn’t speak Dana’s language or understand the strange, low-tech society in which Dana lives. Human survival on Nysus is precarious, as even the soil has to be cultured to grow Gaian plants. Nysian life finds plastic and other industrial materials delicious, and unprotected equipment rots quickly in the alien jungle. Yet Dana’s people have reason to fear the machines that still descend from the skies. Kane is safe, protected inside Dana’s body, but only so long as they do not suspect his existence. All he and Dana have to do is survive. Together.