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"The crazy thing is that people don't even know it; they still think they're free. " -Zoltan Istvan, The Transhumanist Wager
I'm taking a slight break from Young Adult Novels for right now. This book is definitely more suited for adults as it talks about concepts that might be difficult for younger audiences to comprehend. That being said, it was a great read. The Transhumanist Wager is set in the modern day world, at first New York but it will take you everywhere through the course of this book. Jethro Knights is a character that you don't most often see, and after a certain situation, his desire for immortality is ignited. The problem is that the religious groups, governments and multiple people think that the ideas that would allow human beings to live forever would turn them into something else; something monstrous. The transhumanists eventually withdraw from the world, forming their own floating city that Jethro Knights heads, waiting for the day that they will eventually be able to return to their homelands and research openly.
At first, I found that this book was difficult to get into. A few times, I contemplated stopping but something kept me reading.
