Awardwinning author Susan Daitchs new novel The Adjudicator is a visionary cyberpunk mystery that explores the boundaries of consciousness and individual autonomy within an authoritarian state that controls the genetics of its citizensampnbspIn a near future where the surveillance state legislates the genetic code of its citizens babies are created in a laboratory according to a template set by parents and the corporation It is a utopian world of perfect control where disease has been eliminated and the human genome has reached apotheosis Mistakes though unlikely still occur and it is adjudicator Zedi Loews job to fix them One day a cold case file based on an absurd premise crosses her desk that genecoding can go beyond structuring the body it can alter consciousness Fearing exposure Zedis boss makes the case top priority and she has only a few days to solve it The case will prove to be an entry into a dangerous labyrinth and Zedi follows a taut thread of information one which she will learn connects to the corporations hidden mechanism of power as well as her own origin storyquotIn The Adjudicator Susan Daitch delivers an intricately layered dystopia that reveals the havoc wreaked by genetic engineering and the pervasive reach of corporate power With razoredged prose fierce intelligence and humor she crafts a noirinfused tale of desperation and control pushing the boundaries of the novels form through multimedia elements to create an experience as thoughtprovoking as it...
