Frighteningly conceivable

Given the authors reputation, I thought this might be even grimmer, but I actually warmed to the characters, and their commitment to the fight. Still not for the squeamish, this presents a bleak but believable picture of a future where minds - whole people - can be scanned into the system, doing everything from piloting robotic combat chassis to playing puppet master with he world economy. The plot careers from one disaster to the next, with plenty of action and a fair bit of humour. The narration also won me over, doing a good job with a largely male cast and a lot of technical detail (though there were a few odd pronunciations and a couple repetitions?). Overall a fun - if dark - sci-fi thriller.

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First Time

It was my first time listening to this genre so didn’t know what to expect, it was good. It kept pulling me back to listen to it, I thought there would be much more violence but there wasn’t as much as I’d have liked.

It took a while to get into the narrator and by the end of the audiobook I still said to myself that it should’ve been read by a man with so many male voices. Don’t get me wrong the narrator did a great job and you could distinguish between the voices.

I’d highly recommend this audiobook if you like your cyberpunk audiobooks, I’m away to try and find another good one !

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Sci Fi at its darkest.

The brilliant words of Michael R. Fletcher are brought to life perfectly by R.B Watkinson. I can't recommend this audiobook enough, fantastic.

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Bad Narration - Couldn't Finish/Returned

While the narrator's diction and clarity were good, her choppy rhythm, strange pauses, the room echo, and her inability to pronounce common words correctly (e.g. acquiesced, quiescent, infrared(!) lapels(!!)) were just too much for me. I got about 3-odd hours in before I couldn't take any more.

I gave the story 4 stars—even though I didn't finish it—because it seemed like it would be good.

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Great Dark Sci-Fi!

This was a fantastic cyberpunk story and an excellent dark sci-fi in general. Fletcher has an engaging storytelling style and his take on virtual reality and an emerging post-human world was a fascinating one!

I felt like a big strength for this story was that Fletcher got the tone and balance of the story perfect. The story was very dark at times but never got too depressing!

A memorable fast paced 5 star read for me. Hopefully we get more Fletcher stories in audio soon.

I was not a giant fan of Rosa B. Watkinson's narration. Mostly just because I was not a fan of her accent or character voices. I get that is a subjective thing and others might love both. For me she was passable but nothing special and definitely did not detract from my ability to enjoy the happenings of this story.

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Ghosts of tomorrow

The audiobook is a cyberpunk story . The intrigue is very good, along with a great sense of wonder in this crazy future in 2046. High violent scenes, good portrayal of characters and funny dialogues

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Immensely enjoyable

Really enjoyed this near future techno romp. Likeable characters, interesting ideas. Clearly narrated, even with my usual speeding up to 1.35. I've read 2 other of Michael's books, both of which I enjoyed, but this is my favourite so far.

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