This is the eve of the 22nd century: the dead send postcards from heaven, evangelists use trance to gain opportunities for scientific breakthroughs, genetically engineered vampires can solve problems that basic humans are helpless to solve, and soldiers carry zombie switches that turn off self-awareness during battle... And all this is under the surveillance of an alien who refuses to show up.
In a world where biology has turned into computational science, one of the findings of field biologist Daniel Brux has become a terrorist's killing tool. For this reason, he lives deep in the Oregon desert, refusing to associate with the human society that is dividing into different subspecies. But one night he woke up to find himself in the eye of a storm. In the pursuit and survival of unknown reasons, he was coerced onto a spaceship, the Crown of Thorns, bound for the center of the solar system. He traveled with the vampire Valerie who escaped from the laboratory, Colonel Jim who was looking for the whereabouts of his son, and a group of monks who claimed to have received evolutionary enlightenment.
At the end of the pilgrimage, Brucks will face the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since humans began to think.
Reader comments
The setting of this book is very novel, especially the description of the future world, which opened my eyes. I liked Sakita Bahl in the book very much, and I was deeply impressed by her tenacity and courage. This reminds me of Katniss in "The Hunger Games". They are both strong women who survive in difficult circumstances.
The setting of this book is very novel, especially the description of the future world, which opened my eyes. I liked Sakita Bahl in the book very much, and I was deeply impressed by her tenacity and courage. This reminds me of Katniss in "The Hunger Games". They are both strong women who survive in difficult circumstances.