The Rig

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An astounding SF thriller for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky, Neal Stephenson, Alastair Reynolds and David Mitchell. Guaranteed to blow your mind. Lavie Tidhar. A tour de force... Read it and discover what you've been missing Adam Roberts.On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever.On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications.One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig.Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades: AfterLife, a social media platform that allows subscribers a chance at resurrection, based on the votes of other users.So many Lives, forever interlinked, and one structure at the centre of it all: the rig.