John Scalzi has a new book out. Lock In is essentially a FBI
hunts down the bad guys type thriller but Scalzi sets it in an interesting
world. In this world a certain percent
of people (not a terribly big percent) suffer from a condition where they have
no conscious control over their bodies --- they are locked in. As a result of this many tools have been
developed to allow them to interact with the world physically via robots and
virtually in online spaces. Our
narrator, Chris Shane, suffers from Haden’s Syndrome (the condition in
question) and is a brand new FBI agent who is assigned to investigate a Haden
related murder that proves to be a conspiracy.
The book is easy to read and amusing. It reminds me a bit of Scalzi’s book The
Android’s Dream though it is not quite as good.
I would recommend it to people interested in a thriller who like humor
with their action.
