The sum of her parts
Dr. Ingrid Seastrom was once a respected American physician. Whispr, whose body has been transformed to preternatural thinness, was once a streetwise thief. Now, in a world on the edge of catastrophe from centuries of environmental exploitation, they are allies{u2014}thrust together by fate to unravel an impossible mystery{u2014}even as they are stalked by a relentless killer. Ingrid and Whispr are hunted fugitives bound together by a thread: a data-storage thread made of a material that cannot exist, yet somehow does. Their quest to learn its secrets, and in Whispr{u2019}s case sell them to the highest bidder, has brought them to South Africa{u2019}s treacherous Namib desert. Beyond its dangers waits a heavily guarded research facility that promises answers, if they can survive long enough to get there. But that won{u2019}t be easy, not with Napun Molé on their trail. They{u2019}ve already escaped the assassin twice, and as far as Molé is concerned, finishing them off isn{u2019}t just a job anymore . . . it{u2019}s personal.
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Nonfiction, Science Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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Fiction · Nonfiction · Science Fiction
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Shadowed tone · Urgent pace
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-3455-1202-4
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL25404627M
A more thoughtful way into this book
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A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
- Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
- What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?
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