Generally, I dislike the technothriller genre (c.f. Daemon), but I generally enjoyed “Nexus” by Ramez Naam. The technical and philosophical aspects of bio-hacking were well done. I wasn’t particularly fond of the technothriller clash of nation states, American exceptionalism, military/intelligence complex sycophancy tropes, but I knew what I was getting into. At least there was some interesting cultural diversity and introspection in the mix.
I may actually pick up the sequel, “Crux”.