Songs of Chaos

In a future Europe where everyone is genetically designed to be perfect, Dante is a throwback kept in a government-run complex, kept around for his unusual senses of sight and hearing. But when a suspicious fire kills his fellow outcasts, he is targeted in a plan to finally rid the planet of misfits. Stowing away on a trader ship, he winds up in a strange world of space pirates where his artistic talents are valued, and where he may find his place within the pattern of life. Reviews:"The best book yet by one of SF's hottest and hippest writers." -Robert J.
Sawyer Songs of Chaos has "color and verve and momentum and a serious point having to do with the undesirability of social stasis." -Analog Science Fiction and Fact "SF fans looking for less emphasis upon high-tech gadgetry and more upon a future culture will be rewarded by this effort." -Booklist Songs of Chaos is a "melange of intrigue, revolutionary politics, and fast-paced action. Lewitt keeps the story moving, leavens it with interesting detail and a sympathetic protagonist, and makes her social and psychological points incisively. Songs of Chaos is an excellent read with more to it than most sf action-adventure novels.
It's a throwback to days when sf adventure novels had to be about something other than running around the cosmos with bad guys chasing you." -Locus "The author has managed to take themes that everybody is using and still come up with a book that is fresh and different." -SF Commentary