What Fiction are you reading this week, February 9, 2020?

[SeattleVet]

7. Greg Bear's "Darwin's Radio"

Almost done with it, and it was an award-winning worthwhile read that I somehow missed for the past 20 years. Lots of plot twists and reveals. The narrative seems to be a little disjointed at times, but it is covering a somewhat extended period of time and everything eventually ties together.


Plot summary (Wikipedia):

In the novel, a new form of endogenous retrovirus has emerged, SHEVA. It controls human evolution by rapidly evolving the next generation while it is in the womb, leading to speciation.

The novel follows several characters as the "plague" is discovered as well as the panicked reaction of the public and the US government to the disease.