{"product_id":"upgrade-by-blake-crouch-9780593157527","title":"Upgrade","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime, She Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“You are the next step in human evolution.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643450638572,"sku":"9780593157527","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d0fdd17598db095809ebb934bc963078.jpg?v=1779226669","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/upgrade-by-blake-crouch-9780593157527","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}