I listened to an interview with the author on public radio. I was very impressed with her knowledge about unjust convictions and the criminal justice system. It appeared to me that she had significant and valuable experience to relate to listeners and readers. I was hoping for a book related to that subject. Unfortunately from what I can understand so far this book is about what to me is the quackery of "multiple personalities". If you like well written quackery books this might be perfect for you. But if you are looking for any kind of practical or realistic knowledge than don't waste your time. This author sounded in the radio interview that she had a lot to offer. I hope she writes a book about the criminal justice system in addition to this kind of nonsense. kenny ...

In Riverton, Wisconsin, Regina Coeli Hospital has admitted a rape victim with apparent multiple personalities. When the hospital doctor and a counselor from the nearby Rape Crisis and Domestic Abuse Center attempt to examine the patient, the young woman turns into a ferocious animal. Cate Lawson, on her first day as director of the rape crisis center, tries to talk with the animal-person, but luckily the ?host? Mandie Harwood resurfaces to take charge of her body.

Mandie explains to Cate that she was not raped, but her six-year old ?insider? Anna was raped by a low IQ person Will Forsyth. He insists he had consensual sex with an adult. Ambitious local district attorney Paul Josephson sees the case as headline news material that will give his career a tremendous boost. He goes after Forsyth with a vengeance, leaving Cate to wonder who really is the victim in this complex legal case.

MY NAME IS LEGION is an exciting complex psychological legal thriller based on a real experience author Sheila Martin Berry dealt with in Wisconsin. The complicated story line is crisp and entertaining. The charcaters, especially Mandie and her insider cohorts, and Will come across as very real. Ms. Berry packs too many emotional subplots including the tangle of Cate?s personal life into the novel. However, these sub-plots do not hinder a great main story line from providing fans of legal-medical thrillers with an insightful yet entertaining look at multiple personality disorder.

Harriet Klausner

If you liked the movie Sixth Sense, if you like psychological mysteries, you will like this novel by Sheila Berry. It is the story of a woman with a dissociative disorder (I am still stuck with "multiple personality disorder"), one of whose personalities is raped, and a series of events that involve a rape crisis counselor going through a divorce, local police, and an ambitious prosecutor. It is, as my wife, who reads three novels a week, says "a page turner," a "good read." I liked the story. Not having treated many people of this sort (I am a psychologist), but one memorable one whom I saw for about eight years, I do not have enough experience to generalize. I stumbled over one aspect which I prefer not to tell for the sake of the reader. All the rest, including the plot development, characterization of main players, and descriptive narratives were very believeable. If you are looking this fall for a novel that keeps your attention, keeps you turning pages for the next plot development which in good writing seems natural or "organic" to the characters, this is one that you will enjoy.