Now, after several centuries, life is the same as it was when the first settlers arrived. Those who govern Oerlikon work hard to keep change from taking place anywhere in Lisagor, the name the inhabitants gave the country in which they dwell. Inside the facility known as The Mask Factory, Jedily was transformed into a man named Rael, an assassin who couldn’t remember being the elderly woman, Jedily. He was able to transform himself into another person, even changing his DNA.

In the first volume of the trilogy, The Morphodite, Jedily-as-Rael is given a task that his creators think cannot be done. He is to calculate who is the one person keeping the Changeless in power. This, Rael claims to have done. The man who is in charge of The Mask Factory, Luto Pternam, makes a deal with a group wanting change. He then releases Rael to do what he was created to do, though Pternam thinks he can’t. Too late, he realizes he can’t track or control the killer he has created.

This is a book sci-fi enthusiasts will want to add to their collections of classic tales. This is a timeless story as pertinent to today’s political climate as when it was first written. For those who’ve never read these classic tales, prepare for a fascinating experience.