The Punch Escrow

Dubbed the next Ready Player One, by former Warner Brothers President Greg Silverman, and now in film development at Lionsgate. "Featuring themes similar to Blake Crouchs Dark Matter, the dense sci-fi feel of a Michael Crichton thriller and clever Douglas Adams-like charm, the book posits an intriguing future that is both inviting and horrific." Brian Truitt, USA TODAY It's the year 2147. Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled us to control aging. Weve genetically engineered mosquitoes to feast on carbon fumes instead of blood, ending air pollution. And teleportation has become the ideal mode of transportation, offered exclusively by International Transportthe worlds most powerful corporation, in a world controlled by corporations. Joel Byram spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. Hes pretty much an everyday twenty-second century guy with everyday problemsuntil hes accidentally duplicated while teleporting. Now Joel must outsmart the shadowy organization that controls teleportation, outrun the religious sect out to destroy it, and find a way to get back to the woman he loves in a world that now has two of him.