My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-Fi
Content: Clean
In the near future, humans choose life - for a
price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through
every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of
their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life
is made easier in a socially liberated society where automation and
income equality allow passion pursuits to flourish over traditional
work. Renewal stations are provided to every law-abiding citizen for
weekly check-ins, which issue life-sustaining repairs in exchange for
personal privacy. But what becomes of those who check out, of those who
dare to resist immortality and risk being edited under the gaze of an
identity-extracting government surveillance system?
When Holly
Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new
identity imposed on her, a team of government agents wastes no time
stating their objective. With intent to infiltrate and defeat the
terrorist group ICON, the agents tell Holly that she is now a
Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original
for the murder of her husband, Jonathan. If she succeeds, she’ll assume
her Original’s place in society. If she fails, her life will end.
Holly’s progress is monitored by an assigned contact that feeds her
information as she confronts the blank, robotic world around her,
discovering that others view life through the theme of their own
choosing.
With her newly implanted combat and deduction skills,
Holly fends off both attacks by terrorists and doubts about her own
trustworthiness as clues lead her to her Original - and to the truth
about Jonathan. In the end, one body remains and one walks away.
Although questions persist, one thing is certain: Life will never be the
same.
This book had me hooked from the very beginning. I enjoyed trying to figure out what was going on along with the main character, a clone sent to kill her original self. I thought the narrator did a fantastic job, and the music and effects reminded me a little of a graphic audio production. Certain aspects of this story reminded The Matrix—people seeing the world through virtual eyes and not what's really there. If you enjoyed Sanderson's novella Snapshot, then you will probably like this one too.
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