{"product_id":"upgrade-9780593157527","title":"Upgrade","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like \u003ci\u003eUpgrade\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You don't so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.\"--DIANA GABALDON, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Outlander series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving--exploring the very nature of what it means to be human.\"--ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime, She Reads\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mind-blowing new thriller from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRecursion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e--currently in development as a motion picture at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You are the next step in human evolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first, Logan Ramsay isn't sure if anything's different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut before long, he can't deny it: Something's happening to his brain. To his body. He's starting to see the world, and those around him--even those he loves most--in whole new ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth is, Logan's genome has been hacked. And there's a reason he's been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorse still, what's happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large--at a terrifying cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause of his new abilities, Logan's the one person in the world capable of stopping what's been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he'll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd even as he's fighting, he can't help wondering: what if humanity's only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate in scale yet epic in scope, \u003ci\u003eUpgrade\u003c\/i\u003e is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man's thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity--and our boundless potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlake Crouch\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include \u003ci\u003eUpgrade, Recursion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. Crouch also co-created the TNT show\u003ci\u003e Good Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585898221842,"sku":"9780593157527","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b9b50c7-af04-484f-9802-330259f7696f.jpg?v=1732039940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/upgrade-9780593157527","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}