Well, from the simply outstanding to the absolutely bizarre — and I mean that in a good way.
Max Barry delivers a deceptively simple tale of Charles Neumann, a mechanical engineer who suffers the most bizarre workplace accident while trying to retrieve his mobile phone from an industrial clamping press. Following the amputation of his crushed leg, he spends a few weeks coming to terms with his injury while learning to use a prosthetic.
Being an engineer (and I recognise this trait in soooo many people), Charles realises that the artificial leg is not as good as it should be, so sets about designing that will fix a lot of the shortcomings of prosthetic limbs (including the lack of wi-fi). His place of work is impressed; he finds himself in charge of a department dedicated to designing and building replacement parts for people. And while looking at ways to improve on his work, Charles realises that other parts of the body can be replaced with much better mechanical bits.
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