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From the author of the “urgent and heartfelt” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel The Companions, a genre-bending collection of interconnected short stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan and Karen Russell.An angry mother turns into a literal monster. A company in San Francisco can scrub your entire reputation and create a new one…for a price. A failed actor on a reality show turns into an unlikely world savior. And much more. Through each of t...

Kalifornien in der nahen Zukunft: Aufgrund einer fatalen Epidemie steht der US-Bundesstaat unter Quarantäne. Niemand darf raus, die sozialen Kontakte beschränken sich auf Social Media und E-Mails. Dann gelingt der Firma Metis Corporation ein genialer Coup - das Bewusstsein Verstorbener wird in Roboter hochgeladen, und diese »Companions« leisten den eingesperrten Menschen völlig risikofrei Gesellschaft. So weit, so gut. Die Realität sieht ander...

Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go in this "suspenseful, introspective debut" (Kirkus Reviews) set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in—and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can p...

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The New York Times' "Your Quarantine Reader" Bustle's "16 Novels About Viral Outbreaks To Make You Feel Less Alone" The Hollywood Reporter's "8 Pandemic-Themed Books to Read Amid Coronavirus" Refinery29's "Books That Hit A Little Too Close To Home During The Pandemic" SYFY.com's "Eight SFF Novels You Shouldn't Miss This March" Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go in this debut novel set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be upload...