Gene Mapper

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In a future where reality has been augmented and biology itself has been hacked, the worlds food supply is genetically modified, superior, and vulnerable. When gene mapper Hayashida discovers that his custom rice plant has experienced a dysgenic collapse, he suspects sabotage. Hayashida travels Asia to find himself in Ho Chi Minh City with hired-gun hacker Kitamura at his sideand in mortal dangeras he pushes ever nearer to the heart of the mystery.

Author Bio

Taiyo Fujii was born in Amami Oshima Islandthat is, between Kyushu and Okinawa. He worked for stage design, desktop publishing, exhibition graphic design, and software development.

In 2012, Fujii self-publishedGene Mapperserially in a digital format of his own design, and it becameAmazon.co.jp's number one Kindle bestseller of that year. The novel was revised and republished in both print and digital asGene Mapperfull buildbyHayakawa Publishing in 2013 and was nominated for the Nihon SF Taisho Award and the Seiun Award. His second novel,Orbital Cloud, won the 2014 Nihon SF Taisho Award and took first prize in the Best SF of 2014 inSF Magazine. His recent works includeUnderground MarketandBigdata Connect.