Slant - Softcover

Greg Bear is one of the world's best - and bestselling - science fiction writers. SLANT is a towering achievement from a writer at the height of his powers.

In the 21st century, the majority of the world's population are Therapied - their mental problems have been solved, they are model citizens. But there seems to be a slow unwinding, becoming ever faster, in the heads of the Therapied. Old mental illnesses are coming back to haunt people long cured. In differing ways, both Mary Choy, policewoman, and Martin Burke, therapist, become involved in seeking the solution to this strange event.