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How Like a God

© Karen James

What's a simple hard working family man, who is the father of twins and married to a loving wife, to do when he finds himself the unsuspecting recipient of amazing powers? Sound like The Amazing Spiderman? Well you're not far off, even though How Like A God reads more like an epic than a comic book.

Rob Lewis, computer programmer and unsuspecting superhero, wakes up one morning with an ability to read and manipulate minds. Armed with this new power and the best intentions, Rob soon learns that righting wrongs and dispensing justice isn't as easy as it seems, and things go from bad to worse when his new ability tips out of control and harms his family. Running from himself, Rob becomes a derelict in New York City, but isolation is no cure and its up to Rob, with a little help from a microbiologist, to find a way to control this absolute power, control himself, and return to his family

With How Like a God, Brenda Clough leads us through a twisty-turny story and it's these shifts in direction that help make the unbelievable premise fit the very believable characters. It's Clough's generous examination of the moral and ethical issues surrounding power which make this fantasy a success.

About the Book
How Like a God copyright 1997 by Brenda W. Clough
ISBN 0-812-57136-3
a TOR novel published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. New York, NY.

Sites of Interest

• the SSF page for Brenda Clough
• Read the first three chapters chapters
• notes on the sequel Doors of Death and Life
• an Ed Bell interview
• a Steven H Silver review
• write to the author clough@erols.com

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