The Punch Escrow (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781942645580)

Dubbed the "next Ready Player One," by former Warner Brothers President Greg Silverman, and now in film development at Lionsgate.

"Featuring themes similar to Blake Crouch's Dark Matter, the dense sci-fi feel of a Michael Crichton thriller and clever Douglas Adams-like charm, the book posits an intriguing future that is both inviting and horrific." --Brian Truitt, USA TODAY

It's the year 2147. Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled us to control aging. We've genetically engineered mosquitoes to feast on carbon fumes instead of blood, ending air pollution. And teleportation has become the ideal mode of transportation, offered exclusively by International Transport--the world's most powerful corporation, in a world controlled by corporations.

Joel Byram spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. He's pretty much an everyday twenty-second century guy with everyday problems--until he's accidentally duplicated while teleporting.

Now Joel must outsmart the shadowy organization that controls teleportation, outrun the religious sect out to destroy it, and find a way to get back to the woman he loves in a world that now has two of him.

Author: Tal M. Klein
ISBN-10: 1942645589
ISBN-13: 9781942645580
Publisher: Geek & Sundry
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2017
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/19/2017
Foreword 06/28/2017
Library Journal 07/01/2017 pg. 61
Shelf Awareness 07/25/2017
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2017 pg. 179