Miriam Ramsay became almost universally hated and ostracized when one of her gene editing experiments caused a worldwide famine and the largest accidental mass killing in human history. Logan is the son of Miriam Ramsay, a brilliant geneticist who pioneered and patented a cutting-edge biological DNA modifier system since declared extremely illegal by the government. The GPA enforces federal laws that prohibit gene editing and goes after rogue scientists still attempting to do gene editing research in clandestine labs and those trafficking in high-end genetic elements.

In Logan especially, Crouch gives us a flawed by likeable character the reader engages with effortlessly.Īfter a stint in prison, Logan received a pardon and eventually went to work as a special agent for a federal law enforcement agency called the Gene Protection Agency (GPA).

Upgrade follows the story of a brother and sister, Logan and Kara Ramsay, both unwittingly enhanced with genetically engineered upgrades, who square off against each other in a dangerous battle of conflicting schemes to save humanity from itself. Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity-and our boundless potential.” Maybe even something other than human.Īnd even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hopeįor a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large-at a terrifying cost.īecause of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him-even those he loves most-in whole new ways. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.īut before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain.

“An ordinary man undergoes a startling transformation-and fears that all of humanity may be next-in the mind-blowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion.Īt first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different.

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