The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

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The Polymorph

by Max Nowaz

Why we picked it

A strong pick for readers who enjoy sci-fi thrillers packed with political intrigue, hidden agendas, and nonstop danger. Jim Brown’s escalating crisis gives the story both momentum and big-stakes tension.

About this book

Max Nowaz’s The Polymorph is a science fiction thriller and the second entry in the Arbitrator Jim Brown series.

After a mission on the colony world Pirrus, Jim Brown comes back with a life-changing discovery: he is partly alien. While traveling on the Space Adventurer, he becomes the target of an attempted abduction that pulls him into a dangerous conflict. Hidden alien control, competing political groups, artificial humans, and androids all collide around him as he fights to stay alive.

At the same time, Brown is forced to confront larger plans that threaten Levita and could lead to war and the retaking of former Earth colonies. For readers who like fast-moving speculative suspense with political intrigue, this novel places its hero in the middle of high-stakes danger on multiple fronts.

The vibe

Speculative suspensePolitical intrigueHidden alien controlHigh-stakes dangerIdentity upheaval

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Author
Max Nowaz
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Published
February 1, 2023
Publisher
Troubador Publishing Limited
ISBN
9781803133966

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For your book club

  1. How does learning he is partly alien change the stakes of Jim Brown’s story?
  2. What makes hidden control by outside forces so compelling in a thriller?
  3. How do political rivalries raise the tension beyond the personal danger Jim faces?
  4. What do artificial humans and androids add to the novel’s sense of conflict?
  5. Which element stands out most here: identity crisis, suspense, or political intrigue?

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