Starting as far back as Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon I’ve always thought there is something endless fascinating about the questions that arise as humans use science to better themselves. Reading Count to a Trillion I realized that science fiction with posthuman/transhumanist themes is something I really enjoy. Truth be told my lack of math knowledge was probably more of a boon than anything else. My ignorance in this area didn’t really phase me when it comes to Count to A Trillion and I was willing to buy what was being said throughout the novel. I have no way to verify the accuracy or factual content here. I mention this because a large chunk of the novel involves a whole lot of math speak. I feel obligated to confess that I am not well versed in Mathematics. Driven mad by the process Montrose awakens almost two centuries later to a world vastly different from the one he knew. It is on this mission that Montrose believing that only a scientifically accelerated mind, a posthuman mind, can decipher the artifact injects himself with a specially developed serum designed to unlock his mind’s true potential. Montrose is recurited for a space mission to investigate a mysterious alien monolith. The novel follows Menelaus Montrose, resident of the war ravaged Texus and a lawyer (disputes are arbited via pistol duels so there is very little traditional law infvolved) as well as a math genius. Wright is the first in a new transhumanist space opera series.

Count to a trillion by john c wright