The Escher Man, T. R. Napper
The Escher Man, T. R. Napper
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The Escher Man

Author: T. R. Napper

Narrator: Nick Atkinson

Unabridged: 11 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2024

Synopsis

A cartel enforcer across Southeast Asia must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his family in this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk science fiction novel, from the award-winning author of 36 Streets. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral and Five Minds by Guy Morpuss. Your name is Endel ‘Endgame’ Ebbinghaus. It is Saturday, 3 September, 2101. You’re head of security for Mister Long, boss of the Macau Syndicate, a drug cartel. Your memories are being wiped and rewritten. You keep this log because you’re hard-pressed to remember what day it is. But today is a special day, mate. This is your last day on the job.” ‘Endgame’ is a violent man, the perfect enforcer. But Endel is also a father and husband—haunted by the memories of his estranged family, and the life they once had. Endel wants them back, and he wants out. But life in the syndicate isn’t one you can simply leave. Endgame is a violent man. Or is he? In a world where memory manipulation is the weapon of choice for the powerful, Endel can’t tell friends and enemies apart anymore, can’t be sure if he’s a person or a tool. Trapped in a taut, twisting nightmare, Endel must find a way to escape the labyrinth they’ve made of his mind, and take revenge.

About T. R. Napper

T. R. Napper is an award-winning author whose stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Interzone, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and others, and have been translated into Hebrew, German, French, and Vietnamese. His first novel was the acclaimed 36 Streets. Before turning to writing, Napper was a diplomat and aid worker throughout Southeast Asia, helping to deliver humanitarian programs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on September 26, 2024

The Escher Man is a psychological mindf*ck of a novel, a gritty cyperpunk thriller set in a near-future Macau, awash with violence and drugs. T.R. Napper expertly weaves new layers of complexity as his main protagonist tries to separate real memories from those implanted in his brain. He also strugg......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on November 14, 2024

Since I was a teenager I've been fascinated by the powerful way in which memory shapes identity, and even reality. We know memory is flawed, and yet everything we know about who we are and the world we live in is based on what we remember, or think we remember. T.R. Napper does wonderful things with......more

Goodreads review by Scott on October 20, 2024

This novel is smoking hot. And I do mean smoking. If an author breathed the same air as his creations, T.R Napper would be part of a secondary-smoke class action. The Escher Man’s protagonist is a one-man smog cloud of nicotine-driven violence, whose first thought when faced with death or torture is o......more

Goodreads review by Opal on August 30, 2024

Take John Wick, mix with Memento and Cyberpunk and you will get The Escher Man: an action-packed memory SciFi for people who love thrillers. Good ideas, excellent pacing, memorable characters (ahah), clear narrative (despite the difficult type of story playing with the memory of our gangster hero End......more

Goodreads review by Adrian on September 18, 2024

4.5 stars, rounded up. A grim, glittering, hyper violent cyberpunk journey that delves into the fickle nature of memory and what it means to be human in a near-future corporate technocracy. Through the augmented lens of a protagonist struggling to remember his past, this novel is both beautifully pe......more

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