– Brenda Cooper, author of The Silver Ship and the Sea and The Creative Fire It’s smart, it’s gripping, and it describes a chilling reality that is all-too-plausible… Ramez Naam is a name to watch for.” “ Nexus is the most brilliant hard SF thriller I’ve read in years. His breathtaking expertise and confidence as a writer makes Naam the only serious successor to Michael Crichton working in the future history genre today.” His talent as a storyteller is unequivocal his prose both startlingly bold and darkly intelligent, making Nexus one of the most intensely compelling and original debut novels I’ve read in a very, very long time. “Ramez Naam is one of those unrelenting authors who, from the very first page, grabs you roughly by the scruff of the neck and screams right into your face. – Philip Palmer, author of Version 43 and Hell Ship If you are posthuman or transhuman this is an absolute must-read for you and even mere mortals will love it.” Ramez Naam really does know how to make you turn that page. A ‘smart thriller’ in all senses of that phrase. “A dazzlingly clever and well informed near-future extrapolation, and also an outrageously exciting and cinematic shoot ‘n punch ’em up. – John Barnes, author of the Timeline Wars and Daybreak series
“Any old writer can take you on a roller coaster ride, but it takes a wizard like Ramez Naam to take you on the same ride while he builds the roller coaster a few feet in front of your plummeting car… you’ll want to read it before everyone’s talking about it.” Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014 Joint winner of the Prometheus Award 2014 When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage – for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes.įirst published December 2012 in US trade paperback ISBN: 9780857662934 And there are others who just want to exploit it. In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link human together, mind to mind. When a young San Francisco-based idealist is caught improving the drug and making it available to kids in the local music scene, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage, with far more at stake than anyone realizes.įile Under: Science Fiction Description Mankind gets an upgrade In the near future, the psychedelic wonder drug, Nexus, can link mind to mind. – Alastair Reynolds, bestselling author of Revelation Space and Blue Remembered Earth Unlike a lot of SF, this novel dares to look the future square in the eye.” With all the grit and pace of the Bourne films, this is a clever and confident debut by a writer expertly placed to speculate about where we’re heading.
“ Nexus is a gripping piece of near future speculation, riffing on the latest developments in cognition enhancement.
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