“

In his head-spinning literary thriller, Olson takes us down a rabbit hole of kinky cybersex and multilevel mystery.

. . . Reads like John Fowles’

The Magus reimagined by William Gibson on a Red Bull bender . . . [a] complex,

cutting edge debut.”

 

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Publishers Weekly 

, starred review

“

Strange Flesh

 is compelling cyberpunk, filled with plausible cyberwizardry, clever wordplay, murder, betrayal, and heaping helpings of gamer culture and kinky cybersex. Olson skillfully portrays worlds few readers know:

quirky computing and robotics geniuses; Harvard’s wealthy, privileged undergraduate royalty; and the surpassingly strange world of online gamers…Crimes, both high and low; bleeding

-edge technology; and titillation: What

’s not to love?”

 

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Booklist 

, starred review

 On sale April 3, 2012. Purchase from one of the following online retailers, or your local bookstore.

 

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