Upgrade is an adult science fiction novel. In a future where DNA modification is illegal, Logan Ramsay is tasked with finding those who change the DNA of animals, plants, people, or diseases. Logan is good at his job but when he is attacked, his life is flipped upside down, and held in a black site. His family thinks he is dead and they move on with life.
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
Blake Crouch writes awesome science fiction in a way that I can kind of understand. Everything is explained simply.
Also, his stories are quite good, however, this one dragged and seemed slowed down by page after page of filler.
In this tale, Logan is a cop who hunts illegal DNA modification people and scientists who sell their skills on the black market.
He is excellent at his job. Until he gets blasted. His unit and company run a hundred-plus tests and keep him isolated for months to see if the spray that got him has changed his DNA. He seems clean, and so is released.
One of Logan’s best free time activities is playing chess with his daughter. She’s almost a teen and can beat him easily. A few weeks after being released, he starts to beat her.
He thinks little of it until a call comes from a stranger. “Run. They’re coming for you.”
Damn, I’d love to have that upgrade happen to me. There seems to be little downside.
Parts of this book are fun to read and other parts require a huge suspension of belief.
I liked the slight description of the new world, after the famine and wars with a slice of Global Warming tossed in for fun.
