Total fun! I read through this book in a day... well, I stayed up til maybe 2 AM. A woman passer-by saves a man from drowning. The man has amnesia. He's feels that he is not the man whose wallet is found in his pocket... even though his appearance matches. Bradshaw gives us enough early clues so we can guess the big picture - Astragen! - but that just whet my appetite for the details! I gotta say, I have a graduate degree in physics - Bradshaw did very nicely, getting enough physics correct that the leap didn't seem too implausible.

Not a profound book in any way, but an excellent romp. ( )

An alien intelligence occupies a human body an develops amnesia after car accident from which a woman rescues him.

Paul Anderson wakes from a coma having forgotten everything except the firm conviction that he is not Paul Anderson, and that he is inexplicably terrified of the people from Stellar Research, where he is employed. With the help of the woman who saved him from the car accident that nearly killed him and the young man providing in-home medical care, he works to unravel his past and discover his true identity while dodging a skeezy documentary maker as well as his employer. Since this is a science fiction book, I probably should have figured out the twist earlier, but it was still an interesting concept. I thought the characters were fairly three-dimensional, even if some of the cultural diversity felt a bit shoehorned in. I probably won't go out of my way to pick up any more of Bradshaw's books, but this one was a decent diversion. ( )

Man wakes up in hospital with no memory of his past life. But his supposed employer, Sir Philip, seems very interested in his recovery. Also, someone from British military intelligence is hanging about. His only acquaintance without an agenda seems to be Sandra, the woman who rescued him from a car accident.

Well-told, with sympathetic main characters, interesting folks who get involved in the plot, and plausible-enough science. ( )