Lock In by John ScalziMy rating: 3.75 of 5 stars
A faced paced police procedural type book set in the future. A pandemic swept the world years ago, and many who contracted the Haden’s virus became locked inside their bodies. Technology was quickly developed for these people; tech implanted in their brain allows the Hadens to interact in a virtual world or inhabit a mechanical body (robot) they called a threep. There is a very small percent of the Hadens people who developed a unique brain structure that allows them to host another person, so a Haden could experience a physical body as well.
The main story is of one Haden, Chris Shane, who starts a new job at the FBI. The first week is insane! It does help to suspend a little bit of belief for the story to work completely. It’s a captivating story although there doesn’t seem to be too much of a mystery as who did it. The question becomes more, how did it happen and why.
One of the main features of the book is the main character is not gendered. It didn’t seem awkward one bit with the writing. If you listen to the audio book, you chose which gender you want to narrate. I read the print book.
This is a first in a series, so far of only two books, plus a short prequel. Not sure I want to dive in that deep with the prequel, but I’m up for another book in the world.
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