<DIV>Destined to take its place beside such classics of speculative fiction as <i>1984</i>, <i>Brave New World</i>, and <i>The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale</i>, this astonishing first novel is a beautifully written and riveting meditation on what it means to be human, what it means to live, and love, wholeheartedly.<br> <br> The year is 2071. In the United States, the only nation in the world where human cloning is legal, a government-run cloning program is in place as the lynchpin of the health care delivery system. Almost every U.S. citizen has a &ldquo;Copy&rdquo; living in a sequestered area called The Clearances. When an &ldquo;Original&rdquo; is sick or injured and requires surgery, whatever he needs is taken from his clone. In the two decades since the program&rsquo;s inception, no person has ever seen his Copy, and no clone has ever successfully escaped. Until now.<br> <br> A widower in his sixties, and an unlikely candidate for adventure, Ray gets a call from a woman he has not seen or spoken to since their days together as students. Anna is now a member of an underground abolitionist group, and she asks Ray&rsquo;s help in hiding an escaped clone. Ray is unwilling, until he learns the clone is his.<br> <br> <i>The Bradbury Report</i> is Ray&rsquo;s account of the journey he, Anna, and his clone &ndash; a perfect replica of himself at twenty-one &ndash; undertake on the run from the authorities. It is an epic journey, and an exploration of one of the most pressing ethical dilemmas of the twenty-first century.<br> <br> A provocative vision of the American future, and a haunting story of love and friendship and self-discovery, <i>The Bradbury Report</i> will stay with you long after reading.</DIV>