Extremophile

Charlie and Parker are biohackers and punks living in climate-collapse London, using money from their DNA astrology site to pay for beer and bio-bespoke augments. They face disgruntled clients, scene kids, and a city owned by corporate interest and criminality. When a group of extremist GREEN activists hire them for jobs ranging from robbery to murder, Charlie knows they should walk away, but Parker wants to make a difference. Charlie will have to choose what she believes in and whether she has a right to grab it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Charlie and Parker are punks by night and biohackers by day, living in the stuttering decay of 2043 climate-collapse London. They pay for the beer they don't steal with the money from ZODIAC CODE, a DNA astrology site, and Charlie makes bio-bespoke augments for criminals, punks, and eco-warriors. They have to deal with disgruntled clients, scene kids who don't dig their band, and navigating a city owned wholly by the violence of corporate interest and criminality. Their world is split into three factions: GREEN – still trying to save the world; BLUE – trying to profit while they can; and BLACK – who see no hope left. When a group of extremist GREEN activists hire them for a series of jobs ranging from robbery to murder, Charlie knows they should walk away. But Parker wants to make a difference, and for Charlie, maybe these are the jobs that will make them feel anything other than BLACK. Facing off against faceless corporations, amoral biohackers, and criminally insane cyberpunks in an escalating biological arms race, Charlie will have to choose what she believes in. Is there still hope, and does she have a right to grab it?

Weight: 492g
Dimension: 172 x 239 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804545843