![]() ![]() Her sudden decision to give them up licenses a lot of writing about sleepless nights (“Her nipples stir, and rise. “We can print out one of those protein strips you like,” suggests Naomi when Colt is hungry After divorcing Ryan, she took pills to suppress her libido because “the ache of desire, with no outlet, was making her cry two or three nights a week”. Naomi relishes submissive sex, the legacy, we’re told, of childhood abuse at the hands of her father. This is the most difficult calculation he’s ever made. “Great, that’s all my day needed,” says Naomi, facing a gunman. The ensuing mayhem unfolds in the deadly but jaunty style of a Hollywood action thriller. ![]() His mother, Naomi, a biologist, has figured out how to regrow human limbs by studying caterpillars - a breakthrough that, in view of its potential for use by the US military, means she’s on the watch list of her ex-husband, Ryan, a defence chief preparing to roll out a self-governing national security system resembling Skynet in The Terminator. Set in near-future Nevada, the story follows Colt, an autistic 16-year-old who spends so much time in virtual reality – escaping “crapworld” – that he’s waterproofed his headset so as to be able to shower in it. ![]()
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