The Genius Plague. David
Walton. Prometheus Books. October 2017. 384 pp. ISBN #: 9781633883437.
Neil
Johns is about to grasp the fulfillment of his dreams, to be a code breaker for
NASA. His brother is a mycologist who
works with and is obsessed with the life of fungus, yes that’s right – fungus! It turns out that biologically fungus is
everywhere and duplicates faster than the mind can conceive. The brother, Paul, and his friend Melanie
escape from a brutal attack in the waters of the Amazon jungle. He survives an infection that almost kills
him, but he is not the same man he was before he contracted this brutal
infection. Instead he finds that if he
doesn’t take his antifungal medication, he has phenomenal mental powers.
At
the same time Paul is recovering from his almost fatal illness, events are
taking a turn for the worse in South America. Coups are violently accomplished but unlike
other changes in that part of the world, brutal dictators are uniting in
purpose.
At
first Paul sees the brilliance of fungus which even duplicates in the body and changes
the mind, including the mind of his aged father who had been on the cusp of
despair with Alzheimer’s disease but is now transformed and refreshed as an
elderly man with purpose!
It
sounds dangerous and frightening and so it is!
But the danger lies beyond what can be seen for what will happen when
even humans cannot control the power of the transformative fungus that seems
out to change and control the world? The
plot is simple but events move faster than the reader can imagine! This is a science fiction novel that could
become reality as microbial elements in the world are becoming stronger and
resistant to all drugs and experiments.
Interesting read that this reviewer recommends as not only sci fi but
also a great novel of international intrigue and mystery!
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