Move over GenerativeAI - meet the OG who came up with "downloading" almost 30 years back. This is one of those books that scare you like crazy given, in hindsight from when it was written, it's very much possible.
Maya joins a research firm where her sister used to work. Things are weird from day 1 with extensive tests, endless forms and inappropriate bosses. There are two scientists with seemingly contrasting means and are on their quest for nobel prize in research. And yet, she is reassured by her sister in USA that things are ok, to trust one of them - until she finds out way too much.
Enter Ganesh and Vasanth after almost 60% of the book is done. Surprisingly, the book becomes more improbable after they come in with bullets missing, surviving knife wounds and stupid villains in car chases.
Immortalizing a human being by downloading the core of the person into another body is not new in sci-fi. However, written in 2000s when VLSI, cryogenics were in nascent stage and someone connecting the dots in a real world. Amazing idea - execution too filmy.
A quick read.