John Lennon ma sto dwadzie´scia lat i komponuje piosenki wylacznie dla bogatej, pieknej i szale´nczo w nim zakochanej kobiety. Alfred Ulver, psychiatra hochsztapler, utrzymuje sie glównie z pracy swojego cyfrowego klona i sesji coachingowych. Lize Trommer, skromna krawcowa, odwiedza w domu dawno zmarly ojciec, który uciekl z Forever, wirtualnego ´swiata spokojnej staro´sci. Alskopp, dumny i potezny król smoków Drumloftu, wydal ostatnie tchnienie na londy´nskiej Tottenham Court Road. Uderzenie skrzydel motyla moze zmieni´c losy ´swiata. Upadek smoka zmienia, i to diametralnie! Rzeczywisto´s´c i ´swiaty wirtualne okazuja sie by´c polaczone znacznie ´sci´slej, niz sie to dotad wydawalo i nie sa tym, za co je uwazano. Co jest prawdziwe, a co urojone? Kim jeste´smy, a kogo jedynie odgrywamy? Czy ´smier´c jest ostateczna granica, a je´sli tak, to kto mieszka za nia? Istvan Vizvary - rocznik 1975, matematyk i programista. Lodzianin. Autor opowiada´n publikowanych w "Nowej Fantastyce", "Science Fiction, Fantasy i Horror" i antologiach, m.in. "Science fiction po polsku" i "Dobro zlem czy´n". Tworzy równiez krótsze formy: stuslówka i limeryki. "Vivo" to jego powie´sciowy debiut.

Kaspoit! puts speculative illustration to the most profuse series of crimes ever to take place on Canadian soil. Set in the lower mainland of Vancouver, the time is now-criminals are brazen, cops are cynical-and no one is trying to solve the disappearance of dozens of women. Throughout, the novel conveys a savage, dystopian depiction of a netherworld teeming with gangland crime, sexual exploitation, betrayal and murder. The language is neologistic-jarring and vulgar-creating an atmosphere dense with bloodchilling dread, hurtling the reader through sinister, malevolent scenes with a velocity rarely seen in contemporary fiction. Praise for Kaspoit!: "... After William Pickton was arrested, media and activist groups had a field day speculating about why women were going missing from the Downtown Eastside for years before the Vancouver Police or RCMP appeared to notice. That's the question Bolen tries to answer in Kaspoit! It's a novel about perception and agendas, about how what we see, and what we think we know, are determined by what we're looking for. ... Bolen's stripped-to-the-frame, dialogue-driven story will be as shocking to CanLit-conditioned sensibilities as a slap in the face with a bag of cold nails." (John Moore, BC BookWorld) "Kaspoit! is either a sublime literary work of near genius or is one of the most wretched wallows in the dark mire of the soul ever published. ... Reader beware, Kaspoit! is not for the easily upset, but, if you can handle it, you'll soon realize you're reading a work of stark brilliance. ... The story itself is so compelling that the reader returns to the book, though repelled by it. Finally, the conspiracy it posits is startling compared to the vague news coverage that the infamous pig farm case received." (Les Wiseman, The Ottawa Citizen) "a tour de force of thug-life horror, the book is a fictionalized account of what might have gone on at a certain Port Coquitlam pig farm where the DNA of 32 women was found during a massive forensic investigation. If you've ever felt that the publication ban on Robert Pickton's speedy trial and conviction smelled strongly of cover-up, this is for you." (Alex Varty, The Georgia Straight)