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內容簡介 《人生複本》、《記憶的玩物》作者布萊克．克勞奇全新力作✰ 紐時暢榜科幻驚悚小說基因遭竄改而「升級」的人，還算人類嗎？挑動你最敏感的神經，一本揉合科幻與驚悚的上乘之作 病毒駭入洛根的基因組，讓他智能大幅提升。他的科學家母親多年前因研究失敗而引發大飢荒。背負著家族原罪，洛根是否會挑戰科學倫理，用新能力挽救當前的世界危機？一個基因組被駭入並被強制升級的男子Logan Ramsay，發現自己似乎變成一個各方面能力都超乎常人的加強版人類。當他發現幕後主使者的最終目標是「升級」全體人類，而他又是能阻止此事的唯一人選，Ramsay該如何抉擇？-----------------一個平凡的父親，竟成為人類進化的下一步……這是個唯有進化者能倖存的世界，但代價卻是一無所有。▲ 強制升級病毒來襲，我們要放手迎向滅絕？或是成為連自己也不認識的物種？ ▲人類的第三大計畫會是為我們自己獲取創造和毀滅的神力，將智人升級到神人。──哈拉瑞，《人類大命運：從智人到神人》羅根只想當個平凡的父親、丈夫，雖然他始終扛著家族虧負世人的愧咎感，但一切還算平凡、還算安好，直到一場爆炸，他的世界徹底改變。不，正確說法是，他啟動了世界的改變……羅根不太想提自己的姓氏，他日日低調工作，內心卻飽受罪惡感折磨，因為他的頂尖科學家母親一個失手，讓兩百萬人陷入災難……他放棄科學研究，進入基因保護局擔任探員，專門追捕濫行改造基因的罪犯。一次行動中，他遭遇病毒炸彈，防護破損，傷勢嚴重，所幸經過治療，醫師確認：他乾淨無虞，沒有感染。但是，羅根漸漸覺得自己有些不一樣……更敏銳，更專心，可同時多工作業，閱讀快，記憶強，還有睡得更少……然後，他的大腦似乎急遽變化，就連身體骨骼肌肉都……他還非常確定，自己是用「全新眼光」看待世界與身邊的人。這明顯是基因強制「升級」，問題是怎麼造成的？誰設計的？答案慢慢指向他的過往，更驚人的是，這竟是全人類強制升級的第一步……羅根的行動，將左右這個計畫走向啟動或是終結？是大批汰換或是全新人種誕生？不過，要取得這場戰爭的主導權，他必須徹底改造自己，直到再也無法回到妻子和女兒身邊，回不去自己的家、自己的人生，甚至再也無法做個「人」……距離改寫人類這個物種的定義，我們只差幾步距離了。──布萊克．克勞奇本中文書介出自《升級》寂寞出版股份有限公司出版“Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving—exploring the very nature of what it means to be human.”—ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens“You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series“Walks the fine line between page-turning thriller and smart sci-fi. Another killer read from Blake.”—ANDY WEIR, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian and Project Hail MaryThe mind-blowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion“You are the next step in human evolution.”At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways.The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.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.Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?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."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Blake CrouchBlake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include Recursion, Dark Matter, and the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. Crouch also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado.

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