In a near future Logan Ramsay is an agent with the Gene Protection Agency. The GPA’s goal is to stop rogue scientists from modifying genes after the science is outlawed following a worldwide famine where gene modification had unforseen negative impacts.
When a bust goes sideways Logan ends up the target of a genetic upgrade which leaves him, in the words of Kanye, harder, better, faster, stronger. But this is not a random act and Logan soon finds himself fighting a quest for genetically modified evolution.
Upgrade is a quick moving sci-fi thriller. It wasn’t love for me, but the plot moves fast enough that I kept turning pages, eager to see how things ended up. I definitely appreciated the central idea which seems something akin to the reality of humanity facing its own extinction, the evolutionary traits that no longer serve, preventing us from seeing and acting clearly, and that we also have within us to do better.
Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for an advanced review copy.
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