The companions : a novel / Katie M. Flynn.

By: Flynn, Katie M [author.].

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Scout Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Scout Press hardcover edition.Description: 257 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781982122157.Subject(s): Viruses -- Fiction | Epidemics -- Fiction | Quarantine -- Fiction | Dead -- Fiction | Consciousness -- Fiction | Immortalism -- Fiction | Social stratification -- Fiction | California -- FictionGenre/Form: Dystopias. | Science fiction. | Dystopian fiction.DDC classification: F FLYNN Summary: "In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the 'companionship' program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers upon their death, but all companions become the intellectual property of Metis Corporation, creating a new class of people--a command-driven product-class without legal rights or true free will."--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Williamson County Public Library	Williamson County Public Library	Fiction	1st Floor	F FLYNN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30100014561635

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"In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the 'companionship' program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers upon their death, but all companions become the intellectual property of Metis Corporation, creating a new class of people--a command-driven product-class without legal rights or true free will."--Provided by publisher.

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