Thriller
The Genius Plague
2017·382 pages
A fungal pandemic boosts intelligence while controlling its hosts, pitting two brothers against each other in a tense SF thriller.
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A fungal pandemic boosts intelligence while controlling its hosts, pitting two brothers against each other in a tense SF thriller.
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"What if the pandemic you thought would kill you made you more intelligent instead? In the Amazon jungle, a disease is spreading. To those who survive, it grants enhanced communication, memory, and pattern recognition. But the miracle may be the sinister survival mechanism of a fungal organism, manipulating the infected into serving it. Paul Johns, a mycologist, is convinced the fungal host is the next stage of human evolution, while his brother Neil, an analyst at the NSA, is committed to its d...
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Action, peril, and pandemic deaths; fungal infection with body-horror undertones
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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NSA work, government pandemic response, and debates over human agency
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Fungal mind control erodes free will; hosts compelled to serve the organism
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