Sci-fi thriller for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky, Neal Stephenson and Alastair Reynolds.
Platform is a sci-fi thriller with two storylines that eventually intersect perfectly. One follows the story of two boys whose lives are eerily intertwined, while the other investigates seemingly insignificant murders that lead to something much bigger.
On the planet Gehenna, the only world in the System where people still call on God, the immensely gifted Alef meets Pellonhorc, the son of the head of a criminal empire that controls almost the entire System. They will become loyal friends, and their lives will eventually affect everyone's destinies.
On the planet Cloud, Razer is writing a story for PravPovídky, a page on Song. And coincidentally, the person she wrote about is involved in a series of murders and conspiracies that can affect the entire System.
All this takes place in the times when humanity settled on many terraformed planets after the destruction of Earth. They are all connected by the Song, the information superhighway, and held together by the AfterLife program.
Every person has a chance at birth to be implanted with an active neuride – an organic chip recording your life. When you die of an incurable disease, they put you in stasis until they find a cure. Billions of people across the System will read your story, recorded by the neuride, and then vote on whether you deserve to be cured. Who needs God? After all, social networks monitor morality!