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Lock In

Author: John Scalzi

A new virus sweeps across the world, and 1% of those who catch it become locked in: fully aware of the world around them, but unable to move or respond in any way. In time a technique is developed that allows the locked in to borrow someone else's body for a time. But what happens if someone borrowing another body then commits murder: who is the culprit? That is the starting point for John Scalzi's entertaining thriller. But when detectives Shane and Vann start to investigate such a murder, they find it leads to an even more complicated problem, because a new human culture is starting to emerge. Why it's on the list: Scalzi is one of the most consistently engaging writers in science fiction today, and while a near-future thriller is a new departure for him he brings to it all of his technical skill and ability to conjure astonishing new sf concepts.

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