It’s hard to say when the human species fractured exactly, even harder to say when this new talent arrived. Lion Zorn is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the ‘we’. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends long before they happen.

It’s a useful skill for a certain kind of company.

Arctic Pharmaceuticals is that kind of company. But when a routine em-tracking job leads to the discovery of a gruesome murder, Lion finds himself neck-deep in a world of eco-assassins, soul hackers and consciousness terrorists. But what the man really needs is a nap.

Kotler’s Last Tango in Cyberspace is the most fun you can have while your brain explodes. It explores all the small questions: the evolution of empathy, the nature of consciousness, and how we define “life.” It examines the frontiers of neuroscience, psychology, psychopharmacology, ecology and, even, animal rights. With electrifying sentences,  a plot to keep you up nights, and enough drug use to frighten your mother, Last Tango in Cyberspace is a dark tale of hope, and maybe, just maybe, a way forward.