Lock In

Resumen del libro

A new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. For most of those infected, it's just a few days of fever and misery. But for the unlucky one percent millions of people in the US alone the disease causes "lock in": Victims are fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to anything. "Lock in" syndrome strikes the young and the old, the rich and the poor, people of every color and kind.

A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what's now known as"Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane and veteran agent Leslie Vann are assigned to what appears to be a Haden-related murder. The suspect is an "Integrator" someone who can let the locked-in borrow their bodies for a time. As Shane and Vann begin to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery and the real crime is bigger than anyone could have imagined. Their investigation will take them from the halls of power to the virtual spaces of the locked-in, and to the very heart of an emerging, surprising new human culture.

Biografía del autor

John Scalzi nació en California y actualmente reside en Ohio. Es un prolífico columnista y escritor de ensayos. Su saga de aventuras espaciales iniciada con La vieja guardia se ha convertido en un rotundo éxito de público y crítica, y ha obtenido varias nominaciones a los premios Hugo. También ha publicado las novelas El agente de las estrellas y El sueño del androide, y los ensayos The Rough Guide to the Universe y The Book of the Dumb. Puedes encontrar más información sobre el autor en su blog, The Whatever, uno de los más visitados de la red.