Nick Sagan

Los niños de Idlewild han sido creados mediante bioingeniería para aguantar los efectos del apocalipsis microbiano bautizado como la peste negra, que prácticamente diezmó a la humanidad de la faz del globo. Dieciocho años mas tarde, una generacion tanto humana como poshumana dividida en bandos, debido a la ingenieria genetica que se utilizo para crearlos, esta preparada para heredar la Tierra. Pero mientras que uno de los bandos aboga por una evolucion natural y el otro se empeña en perfeccionar a los individuos a traves de la ciencia, una plaga incluso mas letal surge de las cenizas de la peste negra. Su unico proposito, el exterminio de la humanidad. Tras el rotundo exito de su primera novela, Codigo genetico, que sera proximamente llevada al cine, el hijo del celebre Carl Sagan demuestra con esta obra que merece haber sido aclamado como uno de los grandes de la nueva ciencia ficcion estadounidense, y sumerge al lector en una historia trepidante que resonara aun despues de haber terminado el libro.

Un pequeño grupo de humanos sobrevive a la epidemia apocalíptica llamada «peste negra», una enfermedad que ha asolado el mundo. Sin embargo, sus ideas opuestas sobre cómo debería gobernarse un nuevo

Los niños de Idlewild han sido creados mediante bioingeniería para aguantar los efectos del apocalipsis microbiano bautizado como la peste negra, que prácticamente diezmó a la humanidad de la faz del globo. Dieciocho años mas tarde, una generacion tanto humana como poshumana dividida en bandos, debido a la ingenieria genetica que se utilizo para crearlos, esta preparada para heredar la Tierra.Pero mientras que uno de los bandos aboga por una evolucion natural y el otro se empeña en perfeccionar a los individuos a traves de la ciencia, una plaga incluso mas letal surge de las cenizas de la peste negra. Su unico proposito, el exterminio de la humanidad.

A finales del siglo XXI, un virus mortal se filtra en el código genético de los seres humanos. Los equipos de científicos, genetistas y programadores compiten por encontrar la cura definitiva, pero el tiempo no juega a su favor. La unica esperanza radica en una desesperada apuesta. Dieciocho años mas tarde, diez individuos estan a punto de alcanzar la mayoria de edad. Uno de ellos despierta asustado. No recuerda nada. Todo lo que observa a su alrededor no significa nada. Solo sabe que alguien quiere matarlo. A medida que trata de descubrir la identidad de su asesino se dara cuenta de que lo que esta en juego es mucho mas que su propia vida. Siguiendo los pasos de su padre, Carl Sagan, el autor se adentra en la literatura de ficcion para adentrarse en los mundos alojados en lo mas profundo de la imaginacion.

A young man is suddenly startled awake. He has no memory. He knows only one thing for certain: Someone is trying to kill him. Unsure of whom to trust, he is reacquainted with eight companions-trainees of an enigmatic figure known as Maestro. As he attempts to unearth his past and outwit an unseen enemy, skills he never knew he had come into play. And it soon becomes clear that there is far more than his life at stake...

It is a not-too-distant future in our all-too-recognizable world. It is the late twenty-first century and a deadly virus has seeped into human kind's genetic make-up. In only a few generations this plague will have wiped us off the face of the planet, but we're not going down without a fight. Teams of scientists, geneticists and programmers race to find a cure, but time is not on our side and our only hope lies in one last, desperate gamble ...Eighteen years later and ten individuals are about to come of age. One of them, a young man, is suddenly startled awake. He has no memory. His surroundings mean nothing to him. All he knows for certain is that someone is trying to kill him. Unsure who he can trust, he is reacquainted with his companions, all of whom are being trained at a special establishment run by the elusive Maestro. As he tries to uncover the identity of his would-be killer, it becomes clear that more - so much more - than just his life is at stake ...Smart, stylish, terrifying and thrilling in equal measure, Idlewild fuses the fierce imagination of The Matrix with the chilling social vision of Minority Report, and introduces a singular new literary voice.

Sagans mind-blowing post-apocalyptic trilogy comes to a satisfying, terrifying conclusionA knockout.Kirkus Reviews Compelling.Alternate Worlds A small group of humans has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep, a disease that ravaged the world and left them alone on Earth. Their conflicting ideas about how a new, much less populated planet ought to be governed, however, are a source of terrible strife. The early post-humans believed in The Doctrine: "The post-plague world is a collective. Were all in this together. Lets look out for each other, share the dirty work, give the needy what they need."Inevitably, though, as more survivors are roused from their frozen sleep, there are those who disagree. People who remember power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait their turn....

Eighteen years ago, the microbial apocalypse christened Black Ep had virtually wiped humanity from the globe. The survivors of the epidemic have now reached adulthood and are committed to the task of rebuilding civilization. But an ideological rift has divided the survivors into two separate factionsone determined to resurrect the human race, the other obsessed with improving humanity via genetic manipulation. And as the factions clash with one another, a new biological threat rises from the ashes of Black Ep, an even deadlier contagion with one purpose: mankinds extinction. A compelling work that will appeal to fans of speculative fiction and apocalyptic thrillers.Midwest Book Review

Idlewild builds, not just in tension but in what it demands from the reader, ending up as a dark exploration of hidden realities.The Guardian Sagan provides plenty of suspense and perfectly captures the angry adolescent solipsism that makes kids into hackers and superheroes.Entertainment WeeklyHe calls himself Halloween. He is a unique student attending a most prestigious boarding schoolthe Idlewild Immersive Virtual Reality Academy. While his body sleeps, his mind interacts with those of his fellow students under the tutelage of the enigmatic artificial intelligence known as Maestro. An inexplicable energy surge has damaged the IVR and fragmented Halloweens mind. Convinced this anomaly was deliberately triggered to kill him, Halloween is desperate to recover his memoriesonly to discover a devastating revelation about his true existence.