The Mocking Program
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| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
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| Cover artist | John Blackford |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Aspect |
| Released | August 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-446-52774-2 |
The Mocking Program is a 2002 novel by American author Alan Dean Foster. A hard-boiled police procedural set in a highly imaginative megalopolis called the Montezuma Strip, which stretches along the old U.S.-Mexican border. When police inspector Angel Cardenas investigates the case of a male corpse found with most of its internal organs missing, the victim turns out to have had two identities - one as a local executive, the other as a Texas businessman. The plot thickens when the victim's booby-trapped house nearly kills Cardenas and his partner. The amazingly versatile author makes use of a vast array of futuristic elements; notably, sapient apes led by gorillas and intelligent rogue computers that commit computer crimes.
