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Connect, August 2018
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Nan A. Talese
August 2018
On Sale: August 14, 2018
496 pages
ISBN: 0385541333
EAN: 9780385541336
Kindle: B01FPGY5UY
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Science Fiction
In the Nevada desert, in the near future, a family crisis
sets off a chain reaction that threatens to bring the
networked world to its knees. It starts in the home of Naomi
Chiang, a biologist and single mother struggling to balance
her research with looking after her painfully awkward,
homeschooled, ever-growing teenage son, Colt. Naomi worries
about him constantly—he's so socially inept that he
struggles to order takeout pizza—but then she has a major
breakthrough at the lab that could change their lives, and
America's future. For his part, Colt seems focused on one
thing only: a globe-spanning immersive gameworld in which
his phenomenal coding skills set him apart. But after his
first real-life romantic encounter goes awry, he realizes
mastery of a virtual existence is not enough. When Colt secretly releases his mother's latest findings,
Naomi's worst fears come true. Colt's estranged father
crashes into their lives again, backed by the secretive
security organization he heads. The U.S. government wants
Naomi's research . . . and Colt, who must leave the comfort
of virtual reality to discover the pleasures, and pains, of
a life fully lived. Meanwhile, Naomi has to decide how far
she would go to protect her child. Would she kill a man?
Would she destroy the world? Connect is a thrillingly smart novel of ideas that
explores what connection—both human and otherwise—might be
in a digital age. It is a story of mothers and sons; but it
is also about you, your phone, and the future.
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