I’ve been meaning to get into more of this genre because so far they’ve been very enjoyable and much easier to read than self-improvement books. I found this book on Audible under recommended sci-fi read because it had a lot of good reviews. I appreciate every donation as it goes directly to the maintenance costs of my blog and creation of new content. ~If you enjoy my summary, please consider buying me a coffee via my Ko-Fi link (click the button below) or support this blog in one of several ways! 📖 🎓 As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery – and the real crime – is bigger than anyone could have imagined.” – Audible If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated.īut “complicated” doesn’t begin to describe it. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an “integrator” – someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. The world changes to meet the challenge.Ī quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what’s now known as “Haden’s syndrome”, rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed.

But for the unlucky one percent – and nearly five million souls in the United States alone – the disease causes “Lock In”: Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. “A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi. This book would make a pretty good movie script and hopefully Scalzi might expland on this story with some sequels or perhaps prequels.Get the audiobook on Audible 👇 (affiliate link) Why be limited with the “meat bag” that you were born into when you can appear as you like and rely more on who you are rather than what you are. We have the beginnings of VR and augmented reality technology now, but longer term there will be plenty of discussion on virtual vs IRL and the impact of people spending more time in a virtual world than the physical. The possibility for the human race to have the capability to transcend from our physical bodies is an interesting one. In regard to the latter, this was a similar story line to the movie Surrogates where people essentially live their life in the real word via a robot. Lock In touched on some great sci-fi topics that are close to becoming reality – “wet” impants to the human brain and humanoid robots that humans can inhabit on a temporary basis. I’ve read at least one John Scalzi before and that was a relatively easy but good read. Just finished reading this after a random find during a library visit.

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