The story's backdrop takes place during Trantor's rise to Galactic Empire. The plot opens with a "spatio-analyst" earthling named Rik left on the planet Florinia after his mind was scrambled by a botched "psycho-probe" session and a woman named Valona to care for him and keep him out of trouble.
The story unfolds as Riks memory slowly returns and as his memory returns the danger and plot thickens. The interplay between flashbacks and the current time frame builds depth in the mystery and assists in connecting characters together while moving the story along.
Categorized as science fiction, I found this book more like a mystery or detective novel. Hints of espionage, major amnesia, political crisis, and government interdictions spells "The Borne Identity" but without the ass-kicking action-- typical of an Asimov novel, all talk no action.
I found the book somewhere between bland and enjoyable. The switching between flashbacks and current time frame isn't always apparent until a couple of paragraphs in the chapter was a bit annoying; causing me to backtrack some paragraphs back.
My rating: ★★☆☆☆ (2 out of 5 stars)
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