One of my favorite books of the year, though it was edged out in the post-apocalyptic (plauge or virus) category by Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven.
Lock-ins are victims of a viral disease,a pandemic that has swept the globe and affected a portion of the population. Most people only develop flu-like symptoms (I guess because it is actually a flu virus), but 1% of those infected are severely impacted.
These unfortunates, Lock-ins, are fully aware of the world around them, but have no control over their bodies, and appear comatose. Thanks to a rapid response by the US government (among others) Lock-ins have some options: threeps or PTs are mechanical bodies the Hadens (as the Lock-ins are called) can use, and Integrators are people who are genetically able to allow Hadens to use their bodies for short periods of time. Haden care has become a very big business with a lot of money to be made, and there are political aspects and connections to the Haden world too.
When Vann and Shane, two FBI agents, investigate a murder allegedly committed by an Integrator some of their suspects are Hadens, and some are among the richest and most powerful people around.
Shane, a Haden himself, and a newly minted agent, gives us a glimpse into this complicated and finely crafted world.
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