Genesis

The Robots are coming . . .

Genesis
by Bernard Beckett

Like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and Divergent this short novel is set in a dystopian society however, this post-apocalyptic world is packed with suspense and ideas.

Anax thinks she knows history.

Her grueling all-day Examination has just begun, and if she passes, she’ll be admitted into the Academy, the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she’s been taught isn’t the whole story. The Academy isn’t what she believes it to be.

In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax’s examination leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved questions raised by science and philosophy. Centuries old, these questions have gained new urgency in the face of rapidly developing technology.

What is consciousness?

What makes us human?

If artificial intelligence were developed to a high enough capability, what special status could humanity still claim?

Outstanding and original, Beckett’s debut novel is as rich in ideas as it is in suspense once past the slow start, and the ending is an absolute mind-blower.