Soul Searching Review by Damien Lawardorn Appearing in Aurealis #138, March 2021 Highlights: “[Soul Searching] is a philosophical thriller that engages readers through a combination of complexity, action and imagination.” “The melange of ideas makes for a rich and intricate tale.” “In its unconventional style, Soul Searching may be a complex read, but it ultimately offers a thought-provoking story.” If you replace Minority Report’s precognitive mutants with mysticism, you get an idea of Stephen Embleton’s Soul Searching. The book is a philosophical thriller that engages readers through a combination of complexity, action and imagination. In Embleton’s world, a nascent branch of the South African Police Service has developed technology to track people via their souls. Their latest target is a serial killer whose unpredictability confounds the officers’ methods. Soul Searching is about more than the murder investigation. There are background questions about the dangers of unre...
