Gene.sys: Magigate Returns

Gourgey opens his intensely imagined third futuristic Glide novel (after Nu Logic: Rise of the Neos) with virologist Dr. Janot poised to eradicate humankind with the Gene.sys virus. Preparing for his created Nephilim species to ascend to power, Janot transforms captive teen Maddy into a Nephilim, hoping to provoke his former associate Dr. Magigate. The benign, philosophical Magigate and his adversary-turned-ally Samantha Biggs join forces with a diversified array of teens, knights, ruffians, reporters, and cyber ghosts to face off against Janot and his Neo supporters, with whom the authorities are aligned. Gourgey conjures up dazzlingly innovative concepts that wickedly satirize online interactions and offer mind-spinning visions of futuristic technologies. He includes a nod to the double-edged nature of scientific development, and the conclusion provides an uneasy, sometimes unconvincing union of techie arcana with conventional heroic lore. The hyperimaginative tone of the trilogy will enthrall readers willing to risk foundering in strange seas of thought. (BookLife)