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Gorgeous writing, a stunning plot, evocative scene-setting—I could not ask for more from this wonderful debut novel about social class and cutthroat competition at a women's college in the 1950s. Swift, surprising -- this fabulously creepy story had me on my toes from the first word to the last.
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
I'm a longtime fan of Susan Daitch, and this novel -- her fifth -- does not disappoint. The Adjudicator invites reflections on some of the most challenging and promising technologies of our time -- genetic modification, omnipresent surveillance, and artificial life. Like all of her novels, it's smart and meaty, packing a significant philosophical wallop while also delivering on character and plot. I loved it.
Award-winning author Susan Daitch's 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 citizens.
In 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 Loew's job to fix them. One…
