M Kircher is sharing one of her book recommendations.
5 Stars
The Atopia Chronicles” is a must read for 2014! Seriously, if I could give a six star rating, this book would have it.
A sci-fi technothriller to its core, the book centers on a futuristic virtual reality island called “Atopia.” The world has become a dark, overpopulated, overstimulated mess and the conglomerate of companies and persons that created Atopia are touting its smarticle technology as the next great leap for humanity. The story jumps around from identity to identity, much like the mind’s of the characters who live “splintered” in virtual reality. The POV’s begin to weave together in a truly sinister fashion and the reader is able to start connecting the dots. Mather has a definite pulse on the morality and dark capacity for our current time and looks forward with eerie clarity to the scary places we might head if we’re not careful. Some might label him the George Orwell of our day.
Some of the characters you like, some you hate, but all of them are deep and complex. The world-building is phenomenal. The sheer number of techno-gadgets and terminology the author creates is mind-numbing. I found myself having to slow down and re-read passages just so I could get a grip on exactly what he’d invented. As a reader you’re completely able to dive into a world where people meld seamlessly with computers, leave their bodies in control of computer generated “second selves,” and float around in the fake ether, losing their grip with the both the physical world and their humanity.
Brilliant, just brilliant!
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Title: Dream On
Author: M. Kircher
Publisher: Astraea Press
Date: April 22, 2014
Genre: YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi Romance
Tagline: Love is dangerous for Emily, even in her dreams.
Description: Seventeen-year-old dreamwalker, Em, might have to choose—leave her mother forever in the dreamworld or save the life of hot, rebel Gabe.
Emily Dal Monte and her mother, Lily, are special. They’re humans with a glitch in their genetic code that allows them to explore the fantastic, and often terrifying, world of their dreams for as long as they choose to remain asleep. But when Em’s father is killed in a tragic accident and her distraught mother loses herself more and more in the dreams of her crumbling mind, Em is forced to support the two of them the only way she knows how, by writing down her mother’s amazing dreams and selling them as books. Enter Gabriel Sobel, the handsome punk newcomer at Em’s high school who realizes Em is the daughter of his favorite, reclusive author. Gabe can’t figure out why Em keeps brushing him off and makes it his mission to find out what’s really going at the Dal Monte household. He stumbles upon their shocking family secret just as Lily takes a turn for the worse. It’s up to Em, Gabe, and one very nosy book editor to hop from one extraordinary dream to the next to find Lily and convince her to wake up before she loses her mind…and before Em loses her first chance at love.
