The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev: A Novel

385 pp. On April 17, 2120, thirteen-year-old Leon Levy is home with his parents—Technion computer science professors newly famous for inventing a way to transmit digitized smells to the brain. Over lunch, Leon's parents suddenly collapse. Minutes later they are declared brain dead by their neural implants. One hundred years later, Leon, in his annual message to his family, narrates a story he has kept secret his entire adult life. The story traces the lives of his parents and their brilliant friend Sergei Kraev over a twenty year period, starting with the trio meeting in graduate school and ending in catastrophe. Set in a future where online social trust has been restored and where Korea, Israel, and Singapore lead the world in culture and technology, The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev is a classic tale of love, ambition, and self-interest building to a shattering finish.