Renata Black is entertained by the traffic snarl caused by a rogue self-driving house-until she spots the Org's Tiffany Teal paint marking the house's windowsill.
In 2022, GMOs were banned after a biopharmed drug caused the Catastrophe: worldwide economic collapse, agricultural standstill, and personal tragedy for a lawyer and her son. Ten years later, Renata, a.k.a. Caroline Denton, is an operative of the Org, an underground group that could save the world from itself. Their illegal research is performed and protected by splinter cells, which are hunted by the feds.
Now a mole is in the Org. Who would put the entire Org in jeopardy? Renata is the only one who can find out-and she will need to go to her clients in the Quinault Nation for answers.
Nancy Kress ( Beggars in Spain, Yesterday's Kin) once again delivers a smart, mesmerizing bio-thriller, with a hard, nuanced look at the perils and promise of technology.
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(Tachyon Publications, 24 April 2020, 192 pages, ebook, #ARC from @TachyonPub and voluntarily reviewed)
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I've read a few things by the author and have been impressed but would never consider myself a fan. All of that is likely to change because I loved Sea Change. I loved this novella, adored every word of it. I didn't really know was to expect. Sometimes being taken by surprise is a good thing. I've never read a book before that deals with bio terrorism and technology as a saviour and an enemy. This was very different than the books I usually read and all the more enjoyable because of it. I need to check out more of Kress's work now.
