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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Kfir Luzzatto’s Encoded Minds is a biological thriller about Liv Scott, a university student whose brother Bobby is arrested after a young man is killed at a rave. Bobby says his drink was drugged, but the police treat him as the killer, so Liv turns to an ability she buried years earlier. As a child, Liv could read past events from walls. Professor Charles Quincey believes bacteria may have stored those moments like living records, while Professor Matyas Cherny tests the science behind Liv’s sight. Daniel Engelheart, a lawyer with criminal law experience, tries to protect Bobby from a case built too quickly. A radio interview brings Liv to people connected to a dangerous bacterial experiment in Wexburg, where infection may be changing what a human mind can be.
Kfir Luzzatto’s Encoded Minds offers excellent suspense, and the science is frightening because it is linked to Liv’s body. I love how the bacterial premise makes a wall hold memory while a body becomes the warning system. The Wexburg quarantine comes through particularly well via Major Kade Brennan’s Rest Stop Royale base, where soldiers need Liv as a spotter because she can see infections before ordinary symptoms show. The character work is excellent, and even the ancillary cast gets the full treatment. Reid Callan, the CBTC agent who gets her out of the bombed facility, is also terrific because his dangerous test gives the search for an answer a human cost beyond the firefights. Leena Fritzberg, the infected child who slips in and out of The Collective, is my favorite part. Well written and genuinely smart, readers who enjoy biological thrillers will adore this.
