Hyperplastic Query Letter

I am currently seeking an agent to represent my near future cyberpunk novel, Hyperplastic. The manuscript is complete at 115k words. The letter I have been using to query agents is below. If you are an agent interested in representing me, I can be reached at adambignell at gmail dot com.

“The world is running faster and leaving you behind.”

Ezra Safdie, a brilliant but disillusioned plastics engineer, tries not to think about it. The company's uterine artificial island makes it all too easy. The cucumber-infused air and utopian amenities are enough to keep most employees in a state of mindless contentment. But when Mia, a woman who promises genuine connection, vanishes across the water into the churning metropolis of Vanzhou, Ezra realizes he might be missing something.

Armed with a cryptic invitation from Mia to Vanzhou’s most exclusive nightclub, Ezra exits his comfort zone, bound for Sangria-La. Soon, Ezra finds himself entangled with Cynthia, a bubbly internet celebrity who revels in the pop culture Ezra detests. Despite her effervescence, Cynthia too longs for something that simulation cannot assuage. It seems that Mia has brought her and Ezra together for a reason.

Ezra and Cynthia trace the trail that Mia’s left behind, from the gustatory gauntlet of the MeokBang Hotel, where every meal is a spectacle, to the uncanny depths of the Zipporah Walled City, where body modification is pushed to its nightmarish limit. Articulated buildings swing and lock, reconfiguring the skyline. Screens haemorrhage memes onto sunlight-deprived plazas. With the help of a monstrous rat man, a paranoid artist, and a livestream-addicted gig worker, Ezra and Cynthia trace a conspiracy that threatens to redefine the human condition.

And they recognize Mia’s handiwork.

Ezra and Cynthia must confront the possibility that their identities and desires are being shaped by machinations beyond imagination. Will they see through the glittering surface to the undercurrent of meaning vibrating beneath the city’s skin, or will they be swept away in the deluge?

HYPERPLASTIC is an upmarket sci-fi novel complete at 115,000 words. It is a mind-bending, darkly comedic exploration of the human quest for identity and connection under technocapitalism. HYPERPLASTIC echoes the cyberpunk intrigue of S.B. Divya's MACHINEHOOD, the philosophical depth of Ishiguro’s KLARA AND THE SUN, and the satirical bite of Netflix's MANIAC.

Thank you for your consideration,

Adam Bignell