VOID STAR – Zachary Mason
We don’t often get the chance to post science-fiction titles, but this one is a little special - a riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of artificial intelligence, memory, violence and mortality from the author of The Lost Books of the Odyssey.
Set in a dystopian future, the global tides have reversed drowning New York and freezing Tokyo. In the remaining cities, the rich employ private armies – drones to keep out the multitudinous poor – and undergo yearly rejuvenation treatments at exclusive clinics.
Three disparate characters are drawn together: Irina – a freelance AI whisperer; Kern – a favella-dwelling street fighter; and Thales – survivor of an assassination attempt, now fitted with computer chip to keep him alive. None are safe as they are pushed together by forces just out of sight.
Void Star is a visionary, mind-bending trip into the unknown.
