Jujupiter

U-0055 is an “antimeme”, an entity that somehow escapes people's memory. It sits in a secret facility but no one remembers how it landed there. In fact, no one can even recall it's there or what it is. Is it an object, a person or could it be just an idea? It could be a major threat but no one can come up with a plan to defeat it since no one is aware of it.

This is only a summary of the prologue of this book and it got me hooked. I was in for a ride because things only got crazier from there. The novel is described as at the crossing between scifi and cosmic horror, with a terrifying enemy that no one is even allowed to remember as just thinking about it would invite it. The story focuses on Marie, the head of the Antimemetics Division, who discovers many people in the organisation have disappeared and no one even remembers they were there, meaning something is at play. There is a “no one is safe” approach and Murphy's Law is in full swing, especially halfway through the book when the situation goes from bad to way worse. Another thing is that pretty much every detail serves a purpose in this book, everything resufaces at some point. There were some really good ideas. Special mention to the idea around the character of Adrian Gage was, even though he only appears in one chapter. It's a short but intense book, just like I like them ❤️ Definitely one of my favourites this year.

NB: I read a new edition with a different cover and minor story differences but I preferred this one so I picked it for illustration.