"For an extraordinary year, authors Carl Cederström and André Spicer threw themselves headlong into the multifarious and often bizarre world of self-optimization, a burgeoning movement that seeks to transcend the limits placed on us by merely being human. As willing guinea pigs in an extraordinary (and sometimes downright dangerous) range of techniques and technologies, our heroic protagonists used apps that deliver electric shocks in pursuit of...

Now Thomas and Saxony have come to France's hometown, the dreamy Midwestern town of Galen, Missouri, to write France's biography. Warned in advance that France's family may oppose them, they're surprised to find France's daughter warmly welcoming instead. But slowly they begin to see that something fantastic and horrible is happening. The magic of Marshall France has extended far beyond the printed page...leaving them with a terrifying task to undertake....

"Rivi's been accepted to Mount Scopus Academy, where everyone reverts to who they were before. Escaping Mount Scopus is like escaping your dysfunctional childhood-- you end up recreating it. Is that cute boy following her, or is she dating her father? The familiar has its own gravity; just don't fall for it. Even the best of us have daddy issues." --