Amped - The Superhuman Future

 Science Fiction

Daniel H. Wilson has a new Sci-Fi book out called AMPED where in world exists of brain implants that make us superhuman. Wilson is a PhD in Robotics and NYTimes best selling author of Robocalypse. Along with the book, the animation team at Epipheo has also rolled out another humorous digital short of Wilson's ideas.

Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse has now chosen to write a novel about the consequences of human augmentation —the technology makes people superhuman.

The New York Times bestselling author of  Amped creates a stunning, near-future world where technology and humanity clash in surprising ways. The result? The perfect summer blockbuster.

As he did in Robopocalypse, Daniel Wilson masterfully envisions a frightening near-future world. In Amped, people are implanted with a device that makes them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences for society, and soon a set of laws is passed that restricts the abilities—and rights—of "amplified" humans.

On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, twenty-nine-year-old Owen Gray joins the ranks of a new persecuted underclass known as "amps."

Owen is forced to go on the run, desperate to reach an outpost in Oklahoma where, it is rumoured, a group of the most enhanced amps may be about to change the world—or destroy it.

Once again, Daniel H. Wilson's background as a scientist serves him well in this technologically savvy thriller that delivers first-rate entertainment, as Wilson takes the "what if" question in entirely unexpected directions. Fans of Robopocalypse are sure to be delighted, and legions of new fans will want to get "amped" this summer.

As with Robocalypse, the animation team at Epipheo has created a digital short to help explain Wilson's ideas.

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