Published this past summer by Geek & Sundry, Lionsgate recently bought the film rights to The Punch Escrow and two sequels, so I’m sure author Tal M. If you can’t tell, I loved every minute of this book! The story feels all too real and relatable, while maintaining the edge of sci-fi that makes me oh so happy. The Punch Escrow is fast-paced science fiction novel that weaves loads of technology, fabulous world-building, and the very real stress and pitfalls of marriage into a narrative that will have you racing to the end. Klein’s novel The Punch Escrow, we find out how all of this can go very, very badly in a heartbeat. Now Joel must outsmart the shadowy organization that controls teleportation, outrun the religious sect out to destroy it, and find a way to get back to the woman he loves in a world that now has two of him.A world where every Big Mac tastes exactly the same, where you can print anything from anywhere from the comfort of your home, and where the headaches of traveling have been resolved with teleportation centers, seems perfect-especially if we also solve our pollution problem with genetically modified mosquitoes that have a taste for smog instead of blood! But in Tal M. Joel is pretty much an everyday guy with everyday problems-until he's accidentally duplicated while teleporting. He spends his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human, jamming out to 1980's new wave-an extremely obscure genre, and trying to salvage his deteriorating marriage. Joel Byram, our smartass protagonist, is an everyday twenty-fifth century guy. And teleportation has become the ideal mode of transportation, offered exclusively by International Transport-a secretive firm headquartered in New York City. We've genetically engineered mosquitoes to feast on carbon fumes instead of blood, ending air pollution.

Advancements in nanotechnology have enabled us to control aging.

I couldn't put it down.' -Felicia Day, founder of Geek & Sundry 'An alt-futuristic hard-science thriller with twists and turns you'll never see coming.

The punch escrow by tal m klein