Nexus

by Ramez Naam, Jean-Daniel Brèque (Translator)

Overview

Et si vous n'étiez plus le seul maître de votre cerveau ?

L'an 2040. Nexus est une nouvelle nano-molécule capable de relier les cerveaux entre eux. Alors que certains veulent l'exploiter, d'autres cherchent à l'anéantir. Kade, un jeune étudiant biologiste, voit dans cette drogue de nouvelles possibilités de communication et un immense progrès pour la société. À l'aide d'une poignée d'amis, il parvient à l'améliorer afin qu'il ne soit plus nécessaire de la consommer régulièrement pour en ressentir les effets. Mais les agences gouvernementales sont à leurs trousses... Sam, une espionne travaillant pour le compte de l'ERD (Emerging Risks Directory), les contraint à coopérer : Kade doit servir d'appât en intégrant l'équipe de Su-Yong Shu, une célèbre et géniale scientifique chinoise soupçonnée par l'ERD de travailler sur une technique lui permettant d'asservir les gens contre leur volonté. Dans un monde où se mêlent scientifiques chinois, moines bouddhistes et agents de la CIA, le jeune homme ne tardera pas à s'apercevoir que les enjeux sont bien plus importants qu'un simple trafic de stupéfiants...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782258115422
Publisher:	Place des éditeurs
Publication date:	10/16/2014
Sold by:	EDITIS - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	417
File size:	2 MB
Language:	French

About the Author

Nexus, son premier roman de science-fiction, a obtenu un vif succès, tant public que critique, et a été couronné par le prestigieux Prometheus Award. Il sera bientôt adapté au cinéma.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Good. Scary Good."
-Wired

"Provocative... A double-edged vision of the post-human."
-The Wall Street Journal
 
"A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a lot of current fiction." -Ars Technica
 
"Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut SF novel... What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative power of the story."
-Booklist

"A rich cast of characters...the action scenes are crisp, the glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing."
- Publishers Weekly 

“Naam displays a Michael Crichton-like ability to explain cutting-edge research via the medium of an airport techno-thriller.”
–SFX Magazine 

"A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller ... full of delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity ... a hell of a read." -Cory Doctorow

"A gripping piece of near future speculation... all the grit and pace of the Bourne films." -Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space

"The most brilliant hard SF thriller I've read in years. Reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best." -Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire

"Any old writer can take you on a roller coaster ride, but it takes a wizard like Ramez Naam to take you on the same ride while he builds the roller coaster a few feet in front of your plummeting car... you'll want to read it before everyone's talking about it."
- John Barnes, author of the Timeline Wars and Daybreak series.

"An incredibly imaginative, action-packed intellectual romp! Ramez Naam has turned the notion of human liberty and freedom on its head by forcing the question: Technology permitting, should we be free to radically alter our physiological and mental states?"
- Dani Kollin, Prometheus award winning author of The Unincorporated Man

"The only serious successor to Michael Crichton working in the future history genre today." 
- Scott Harrison, author of Archangel
 
"If you are posthuman or transhuman this is an absolute must-read for you; and even mere mortals will love it." 
- Philip Palmer, author of Version 43 and Hell Ship
 
"Ramez writes excellent action sequences, incorporating his technology well, and the lives at stake are more than just cardboard cutouts. No one in this story is 'as meets the eye'" 
- Timothy C. Ward

 "a fast, fun read which is both emotionally engaging and thought-provoking. You'll be mulling over the implications of Nexus — the book and the drug — long after you put the book down."
-Analee Newitz, io9.com 

Editorial Reviews

An NPR Best Book of 2013

"Good. Scary good."
- Wired

"Provocative... A double-edged vision of the post-human."
- The Wall Street Journal

"A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a lot of current fiction."
- Ars Technica

"Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut SF novel... What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative power of the story."
- Booklist

"A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller ... full of delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity ... a hell of a read."
- Cory Doctorow

"A gripping piece of near future speculation... all the grit and pace of the Bourne films."
- Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space

"A sharp, chilling look at our likely future."
- Charles Stross, author of Singularity Sky and Halting State

"The most brilliant hard SF thriller I've read in years. Reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best."
- Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire

"A rich cast of characters...the action scenes are crisp, the glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing."
- Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Naam offers a mind-bending story about a reality right around the corner. As modern medicine has breakthroughs in mind-altering drugs, telepathy, and mind control, is mankind civilized enough to use them wisely? Kade Lane holds the secret to a drug called nexus, which allows people to share their consciousness but could also be used to turn people into robotic killers. Now, two very similar organizations are fighting over the formula and trying to get Kade to work for them, but which is the less evil? Narrator Luke Daniels's performance allows listeners to follow the complicated story, even with all its pseudoscientific terminology. He keeps the listener riveted as the powerful plot unfolds, forcing listeners to consider what they would do if faced with Kade's choices. M.S. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2013 - AudioFile

Naam offers a mind-bending story about a reality right around the corner. As modern medicine has breakthroughs in mind-altering drugs, telepathy, and mind control, is mankind civilized enough to use them wisely? Kade Lane holds the secret to a drug called nexus, which allows people to share their consciousness but could also be used to turn people into robotic killers. Now, two very similar organizations are fighting over the formula and trying to get Kade to work for them, but which is the less evil? Narrator Luke Daniels's performance allows listeners to follow the complicated story, even with all its pseudoscientific terminology. He keeps the listener riveted as the powerful plot unfolds, forcing listeners to consider what they would do if faced with Kade's choices. M.S. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2013 - AudioFile