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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
In A.B. Acharya’s Red Sky, after losing academic recognition for his research into DMTA, neuroscientist Narin Roy travels from Chicago to St. Louis, hoping to rebuild his career through a pharmaceutical company called Harvester. There, he becomes involved with Ian Blair, a corporate attorney connected to a classified project built around Red Sky, a dangerous street drug derived from Narin’s research. At the same time, Narin begins a relationship with Sophie Whitely, a painter still haunted by the death of her former fiancé, Ravi Reddy, whose history with Harvester goes further than Narin first realizes. As Narin rises inside the company, he discovers that Harvester’s leadership is divided by rivalries linked to human experimentation and control of Red Sky. The closer Narin moves toward power, the harder it becomes for him to separate his ambition from obsession.
A.B. Acharya’s Red Sky is a unique speculative thriller. Narin is the epitome of an unreliable narrator, shown by his decline and how frighteningly real his hallucinations become. The poor guy even starts knife combat training in his basement. I love JoAnn Carpenter, another neuroscientist at Harvester who is an absolute shark. Brilliant, capable, and ready to rumble with the C-suite, she's a mixed bag of motives. At the heart of the story is Red Sky, and the dangers of a drug with huge humanitarian potential are effectively weaponized. The experimentation is brutal. Equally impressive are the landscapes: St. Louis feels fully inhabited through locations such as Central West End bookstores crowded with students and researchers, deteriorating rental houses with lingering incense and dust, and polished labs overlooking neighborhoods affected by Red Sky. Well-written, immersive, with some solid twists and a shocking ending, this book is as consuming as the title implies. Recommended.
