This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by the new Daniel Suarez novel change agent,

a fast-paced thriller set in a future world where genetic engineering is commonplace.

To learn more, I listen to our interview with Daniel back in episode 251 or visit his website at the

demon dot com so that's t-he-e-a-m-o-n-com. Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 252 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Titus Chalk.

He's a writer and broadcaster based in Berlin, Germany, and he's covered sports, culture, and

gaming for outlets such as Deutchewellella, Tage Spiegel, and 442.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his first book, Generation Decks, The Unofficial History of Gaming

Phenomenon Magic the Gathering.

And today's show is brought to you by Change Agent by Daniel Suarez.

And here's a description of the book.

It says,

In 2045, Kenneth Durand leads Interpol's most effective team against genetic crime,

hunting down black market labs that perform vanity edits on human embryos,

and that use human traffic and victims as unwilling test subjects.

Durand soon learns that one figure looms behind human trafficking victims as unwilling test subjects.

Duran soon learns that one figure looms behind it all,

Marcus de Manwicks, leader of a powerful and sophisticated cartel known as the

Huijing.

But the cartel has identified Durand too.

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