Immunity Index, Sue Burke
Immunity Index, Sue Burke
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Immunity Index
A Novel

Author: Sue Burke

Narrator: Chloe Dolandis

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Sue Burke, author of Semiosis and Interference, gives listeners a new near-future, hard sf novel. Immunity Index blends Orphan Black with Contagion in a terrifying outbreak scenario.

In a US facing growing food shortages, stark inequality, and a growing fascist government, three perfectly normal young women are about to find out that they share a great deal in common.

Their creator, the gifted geneticist Peng, made them that way—before such things were outlawed.

Rumors of a virus make their way through an unprotected population on the verge of rebellion, only to have it turn deadly.

As the women fight to stay alive and help, Peng races to find a cure—and the cover up behind the virus.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

About Sue Burke

Sue Burke spent many years working as a reporter and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines. She is a Clarion workshop alumnus, and she has published more than 30 short stories. Her debut science fiction novel, Semiosis, published to great critical reviews and made several "Best Of" lists. She is also the author of Interference and Immunity Index.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justine

There's quite a bit to unpack in this book, but I found it hard to put down. The four POVs tell a complicated story of a health and political crisis as they collide and unfold into a kind of civil rebellion with predictably fatal results for many people. I think even 10 years ago this might have been......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

This book has the unique distinction of being the first novel since Covid to depict Covid within its pages since we began experiencing the dubious pleasure of this new, crappy world. Not that this should be held against either the author or the book, of course, only that it happens to have that litt......more

Goodreads review by Oleksandr

This is a COVID-19 pandemic inspired SF novel, which is a clear allusion to the 2020 in the USA, with equivalents of a deadly virus, movement like BLM and a president, whose abilities to cope with the crisis are of questionable quality. While a lot of SF is an answer / mirror to current problems, I......more

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Praise for Immunity Index

“Prescient and powerful, this is a gut-punch of a book . . . Sue Burke only gets better and better. She is a genuine if unsung hero of our genre.”—Seanan McGuire

“Riveting world building by a rising star of science fiction.”—David Brin

Praise for Semiosis

“This is up there with Ursula K. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane.“—Thrillist

“A fascinating world.”—The Verge

“A solid debut.”—SFRevu

“A magnetic meditation on biochemistry and humanity.”—Locus Online

“This first-contact tale is extraordinary.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“Sharp, evocative . . . Semiosis unfolds the old science fiction idea of first contact in ways that are both traditional and subversive.”—The Christian Science Monitor

“A clever, fascinating, fun and unique debut.”—Kirkus

"Burke’s world building is exceptional, and her ability to combine the intricacies of colonization with the science of botany and theories of mutualism and predation is astounding." —Booklist

“Impressive debut novel . . . lush . . . beautiful.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

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