Why read Soul Searching?

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Science has learned to understand the soul, and can track souls through this life and beyond.

A specialist unit of the South African police is using a Soul Tracker device in a harrowing search for a serial killer. As Tracker Ruth Hicks and her partner Franklin Banks race to find…

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1 author picked Soul Searching as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Eugen Bacon

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This book is a philosophical thriller that is as complex as it’s action-packed.

In a highly-imagined world, the South African Police Service tracks people through their souls and has zeroed in on a serial killer.

Stephen Embleton’s book is more than a murder investigation. It also scrutinises the inherent perils of unregulated technology and, like Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report, it challenges the ethical concerns surrounding algorithms and state-sanctioned surveillance.

From Eugen's list on The best Afrofuturistic books in speculative fiction.