For much of this book, I felt like a goose being fattened to make foie gras: force-fed grains of science, philosophy and religion in a style that took some getting used to.
The story, which revolves around a message encoded in our junk DNA, is told by Kate, a Ducati-riding programmer of ultra-violent video games. If that’s not enough of a turn-on for you, she fires guns with both hands.
The other leads include the obligatory lapsed Catholic, a geneticist and a cryptographer. It’s all a bit Da Vinci Code, but with DNA and fanatical members of various world…
