The ending was jaw dropping, to say the least. Chu's little boy wasn't going to be able to wrap everything up in this book like I originally thought. Speaking of the last 20%, it was about that time that I realized Mrs.

Multiple last stands going on simultaneously made the last 20% or so really hard to put down. Enzo and the others were scarily capable as far as bad guys go. The Genjix plot to turn Earth into a copy of Quasar and breed Quasing was pretty well done. The body count was a lot higher in this one and the bad guys were much badder. The chemistry between Roen and Tao was still there, still amping up what could have been another bland secret agent thriller. However, I gave it time and was pretty entertained. Half the fun of the first book was Roen getting whipped into shape and now that he's actually competent, that was lost. I'll be honest, I wasn't completely sold on this one at first. He's split with his wife, never sees his kid, and struggles to hold things together in the war with the Genjix. While Roen is far from the fat IT guy turned secret agent of the first book, his life is an even bigger ruin. Picking up a few years after The Lives of Tao, things have changed and not for the better. That's pretty much the core lesson I took from The Deaths of the Tao.

War is a hell of a thing, especially when it's a war between two alien factions that have been using humanity as pawns for a millennium. Can Roen and the rest of the Prophus stop the Genjix's plan to turn Earth into a duplicate of their homeworld, destroying humanity in the process? The war between the Prophus and the Genjix is reaching it's final moments and things don't look good for the Prophus. Roen and Jill have married, had a child, and separated. It's a few years after the events of The Lives of Tao and things have gone down hill. The series is currently in development at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Paula, and two boys, Hunter and River.Ĭhu's newest novel, The Art of Prophecy, published by Del Rey Books, is the first book of The War Arts Saga, an Asian epic fantasy inspired by wuxia. He has acted in film and television, and has worked as a model and stuntman, and recently returned from summiting Kilimanjaro. Robert Kirkman tapped Chu to write The Walking Dead: Typhoon, the first Walking Dead novel set in Asia.Ĭhu is an accomplished martial artist and a former member of the Screen Actors Guild. He is the coauthor of the Eldest Curses series with Cassandra Clare.

His debut, The Lives of Tao, won the American Library Association's Alex Award, and was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction. He was the 2015 winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Wesley Chu is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve published novels, including the Tao, Io, and Time Salvager series.

The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu