Return of the Convict

This story takes place in 2143, in the aftermath of wars, plagues, and environmental breakdown. A technocrat world government works closely with Raina, an advanced artificial intelligence whose purpose is to recreate the Earthly paradise.
Dom Tessier is a cadet at Vancouver's Space Training Academy. Brain implants have enhanced his memory, and speeded up his learning processes. In another year he's to be fully telepathic, and work off-world as an administrator.
. Lucas, the benefactor who paid for Dom's education, is a convict who's returned from Mars after becoming deathly ill. Dom is Lucas's clone, and the brain implants provide the avenue for a mind merger which could give Lucas another chance at life.
Unfortunately for Dom, this merger would make him a prisoner in his own body. In the struggle to preserve his autonomy, all Dom's beliefs about the society he's been raised in are called into question.