Lock In

Lock In by John Scalzi
336 Pages

In the future a flu epidemic known as Hayden's has killed over 40 million and left millions in a condition where they cannot move or communicate or a locked in state.  This caused the United States government to spend billions finding a way to alleviate or make life more bearable for these victims of Hayden's disease.  Now they can hold jobs and interact with society by using androids, (known as threeps) controlled by their human bodies.  
On the dawn of new legislation to curtail the amount of money being spent by the federal government on Haydens FBI agent Chris Shane, a Hayden sufferer himself himself investigating a series of crimes where integrators (people who were infected by Hayden's but not locked in but experience a brain remapping) are committing crimes.

Scalzi has created a world that is interesting and well thought out.  Definitely recommended.