Book Review: The Quantum Revelations

Reviewed by Timothy Thomas

A thrilling novel grounded in the realities of climate change, AI, and the race for quantum computing

Against the background of an exponentially accelerated climate crisis and full AI integration, a PhD student at MIT appears to have discovered a new form of non-local quantum entanglement, previously considered an impossibility.

Skyler Wexler’s research at Lincoln Laboratory was funded with the goal of creating the world’s first quantum computer using biological structures that exhibit quantum effects, but instead, his discovery threatens to rewrite modern theoretical physics altogether.

The Quantum Revelations is a wildly unpredictable narrative with a show-stopping climax, pondering the interplay of science, religion, and technology in a way that is as captivating as it is disturbing.

While the first half of the novel stays fairly grounded, the second half takes off in a perplexing way, utilizing some occasionally challenging eschatological rhetoric from the Bible. The latter half’s pacing diverges from its first half, increasing rapidly to the point of feeling rushed. This dissonance between the two halves of the story by no means takes away from its appeal, but it does result in some important scenes feeling distant.

The novel handles its high-level physics well, remaining accessible to a non-physicist audience by breaking down the concepts into digestible chunks. In fact, readers may even walk away with a greater understanding of modern physics and the problems/contradictions that plague the leading theories today because of it. This is, indeed, a testament to the author’s thorough understanding of the field and of his writing prowess.

As a whole, The Quantum Revelations is as informative in its physics as it is grandiose in its presentation of reality—a compelling read. It may not be the most optimistic in its conjectures of the future regarding AI and climate change, but the realistic brush with which it paints these portrayals highlights the problems inherent in the direction our world is heading, functioning effectively as a cautionary tale for mankind. Readers who enjoy speculative science fiction will find a lot to like in this offering from Stuart Heinrich.

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