In her now-classic tale The Silver Metal Lover, award-winning author Tanith Lee told the spellbinding story of Jane and her forbidden love for a robot named Silver. In this stunning follow-up, the legend of their tragic romance lives on. But nothing is as it wasor as it seems.As an orphan growing up in the slums, Loren read her clandestine copy of Janes Story over and over, relishing every word. But Loren is no Jane. Savvy and street-smart, Loren could never be stirred by a man of metal, her passion never ignited by an almost-humaneven one designed for pleasure. Still, when the META corporation does the unthinkable and brings back updated versions of robots pastLoren knows she must see Silver. And just like Jane, it is love at first sight. But Silver is now Verlis. If he was perfection before, he is now like a god. Yet he is more human than his creators thinkor fear. While Loren doesnt quite trust him, she will follow her twice-born lover into a battle to control his own destinyone that will reveal to her the most astonishing illusion of all.From the Paperback edition.