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In a troubling nearfuture Cape Town four broken people try to carve out a place for themselves before a brutal storm of change hits them

Kendra an artschool dropout brands herself for a nanotech marketing program Lerato an ambitious AIDS baby plots to defect from her corporate employers Tendeka a hotheaded activist is becoming increasingly rabid Toby a roguish blogger discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more than they seem

Four hurt and damaged individuals trying to make lives for themselves in a broken uncertain future But as events send them on a collision course their worlds are about to change in unexpected and explosive ways

Beukes deals with slightly surreal things in very real ways Im all over it Gillian Flynn

You dont have to be an SF aficionado to love this novel that is fast brimming with original ideas Guardian

A major major talent George R R Martin

Lauren Beukes 2018 P Penguin Audio 2021