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The Adjudicator by Susan Daitch
Award-winning author Susan Daitch’s new novel, The Adjudicator, is a visionary cyberpunk thriller that explores the boundaries of consciousness and individual autonomy within an authoritarian state which controls the genetics of its citizens.
In a near future where the surveillance state legislates the genetic code of its citizens, Zedi Loew is an anomaly. She has mirror-touch synaesthesia and experiences the emotions and sensations of anyone she encounters. It’s something she must keep secret, because in a world of perfect genetic control, neurological disorders shouldn’t exist. As an adjudicator, she fixes mistakes, investigates cases brought against the powerful gene-tailoring corporation she works for, Pangenica. Zedi discovers a cold case file based on an absurd premise; the case implies that Pangenica’s coding can manipulate consciousness. Fearing exposure, Zedi’s boss makes the case top priority, and she has only a few days to solve it. The case will prove to be an entry into a dangerous labyrinth, and Zedi follows a taut thread of information, one which, she will learn, connects to the structures of the corporation and the government, and even to her own deepest secrets.
Green City BOOKS is an independent publisher based in Bend, Oregon. We publish original voices that bring new perspectives on culture and art. We publish fiction and nonfiction and create a platform for artistic vision and excellence in the craft of writing. We are readers first, and seek to publish works that inspire us and deserve a broader platform. We are genre agnostic, and listen for the music of language in the books we curate and bring to the public.
Green City BOOKS is an independent publisher based in Bend, Oregon. We publish original voices that bring new perspectives on culture and art. We publish fiction and nonfiction and create a platform for artistic vision and excellence in the craft of writing. We are readers first, and seek to publish works that inspire us and deserve a broader platform. We are genre agnostic, and listen for the music of language in the books we curate and bring to the public.
About Green City
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An ideal place, a utopia, is necessarily imaginary. A city of the mind is not necessarily insubstantial. An imaginary city, a green city, is a place where ideas and artistry thrive and eventually emerge into the real world. A city of the mind can be labyrinthine, overgrown, and mysterious, but at the center there is truth waiting to be revealed. To write is to unfold the topography of the mind in the real world and invite others to explore this terra incognita. The discovery of the unknown, whether through science or the arts, makes life meaningful.
