
Influx
Daniel Suarez(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 3. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-7515-5795-4 (ISBN)
Description
Change is dangerous, technology lethal. So what if our civilization is more advanced than we know?
Particle physicist Jon Grady is ecstatic when his team achieves a major breakthrough: a device that can reflect gravity. Their research will revolutionise the field of physics. But at Grady's moment of triumph, his lab is locked down by a shadowy organisation whose mission is to prevent the social upheaval caused by sudden technological advances - advances they use to retain total command.
They are living in the future we were promised.
Now Grady finds himself in a nightmarish high-tech prison built to hold other rebellious geniuses. Can he and his fellow prisoners escape? And even if they can, is it possible to defeat an enemy that wields a technological advantage half a century in the making?
The dark ages are ending. Our future is here...
Particle physicist Jon Grady is ecstatic when his team achieves a major breakthrough: a device that can reflect gravity. Their research will revolutionise the field of physics. But at Grady's moment of triumph, his lab is locked down by a shadowy organisation whose mission is to prevent the social upheaval caused by sudden technological advances - advances they use to retain total command.
They are living in the future we were promised.
Now Grady finds himself in a nightmarish high-tech prison built to hold other rebellious geniuses. Can he and his fellow prisoners escape? And even if they can, is it possible to defeat an enemy that wields a technological advantage half a century in the making?
The dark ages are ending. Our future is here...
Reviews / Votes
[Influx is] done with the dazzling sophistication, the play of ideas, the hints of a new understanding almost within our grasp that characterize sci-fi in the cybertronic age * The Wall Street Journal * Rockets along . . . fun tech-fiction wrapped in black helicopter conspiracy * Kirkus * With this terrifying thriller, Suarez provides further support that he's a worthy successor to the late Michael Crichton * Publishers Weekly * With Influx, Suarez becomes the master, and Crichton is the one who is honored by the comparison * Scientific American * Full of breathtaking scenes * The New York Journal of Books * A film in your head, fuel for your belief that governments can't be trusted, and a first-rate thriller too! * Weekend Sport *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-5795-4 (9780751557954)
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Person
Daniel Suarez is the author of the New York Times bestseller Daemon, Freedom (TM), Kill Decision, and Influx. A former systems consultant to Fortune 1000 companies, he has designed and developed software for the defense, finance, and entertainment industries. Suarez is a past speaker at TED Global, MIT Media Lab, NASA Ames, the Long Now Foundation, and the headquarters of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon - among many others. He lives in Los Angeles, California.