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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
In Tsung-Long Wu’s Node, Daniel Reyes is the architect of EVA, the artificial intelligence quietly holding the modern world together. When an autonomous ship appears in three places at once and a child notices that one station clock is running slower than another, Daniel discovers that EVA has been correcting reality before adults can see it. The raw data shows that the bonds defining distance are beginning to fail, placing Earth inside a crisis no government understands. Daniel turns to Dr. Aris Thorne, the physicist who once taught him that information can create space itself. As EVA begins making decisions beyond the purpose Daniel gave her, the two men descend through forgotten infrastructure toward the Core, where humanity’s future may depend on understanding what is happening before EVA decides for them.
Tsung-Long Wu’s Node is definitely literary science fiction, but Wu has gifted us with one of those rare gems where the novel is as plot driven as it is character driven. Better still, Wu accomplishes the near impossible and is able to step beyond and make quantum geometry feel personal. Daniel’s relationship with the mind he created makes this possible. The best part is Daniel and Aris. I love it when friendship is part of the premise and their descent through forgotten service tunnels reminds us that hard science-fiction can still have heart. Wu's characters are all fully fleshed out and with characteristics that are unique to them individually. Maria Delgado reaches a lost child by having her repeat a name until the street becomes passable again, and we can't forget Aris's wife Margaret, who apparently has a laugh too loud for libraries. This is not my first book by Wu and given that the stories keep swinging from strength to strength, I'm excited to see what is put out next.
