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Synopsis
We are taken to the mysterious planet Equatoria, a world apparently engineered for humanity by the inscrutable machine intelligences known as the Hypotheticals. Turk Findley, a man with a criminal past, runs an aeronautical charter service on the newly settled planet. Lise Adams, who hires Turk, is a would-be journalist searching for her vanished father, a scientist obsessed with the Hypotheticals and their illegal life extension technology. Meanwhile, young Isaac, genetically manipulated by rogue scientists so that he may become a conduit between humanity and the AIs, is coming of age, and something enormous and unknown is assembling itself far underground.
Is Axis appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This hard science fiction novel features moderate peril and mystery on an alien world, with adult themes around genetic manipulation and the search for missing parents. No graphic content but complex concepts.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include abandonment and genetic modification.
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Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the mystery of the engineered planet, the coming-of-age story of Isaac, and the search for Lise's missing father amid alien technology.