Advance copy provided by Arsenal Press because I am going to be interviewing Prof. Lai for Sine Theta Magazine’s next issue! sinetheta.net this wouldve normally taken me 2 hours to finish but because it was “for work” it took 3 weeks. why am i like this

This book is a weird, wild, and violent ride. It is a pandemic apocalypse exploring interesting sci-fi concepts and at times feels like horror. Even before the Tiger Flu devastation, society we are familiar with has collapsed because there is no more oil and the climate crisis has gotten worse. Technology that exists is a mixture of biotech and high tech. The writing style is visceral. There are also literal viscera and assorted blood and gore. The descriptions capture beauty as well as brutality. The characters are deeply traumatized and feel and behave accordingly. You are dropped in the middle of this world and there are not a lot of explanations given. There are also hallucinatory fever dreams. Nothing feels solid or trustworthy.