A Wigwam for a Goose's Bridle

This novel follows Professor Richard Nelson in his quest to create immortality via coding and neuroscience technology. The first half of the book focuses mostly on the lives of 3 of Richard’s programming students. The second half suddenly becomes a matter of life and death, weaving into the plot a fictional account of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 in 2014.

I loved pondering the ethical questions raised about virtual worlds and virtual lives. It was a bit slow in places, with aspects of background story that felt unnecessary although I note this is book 1 in a series so perhaps this information will become more relevant later. Some of the dialogue was a bit forced. All up though, I enjoyed the book and would like to read the sequel.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All opinions are my own.