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Unalive
In the second installment of The NADIA Project, the potential stakes are raised even higher. The lab where Nadia was built is no more. But when The Pinnacle strikes back at the government agencies trying to crack its secrets, a horrible truth emerges: The evil cabal of kingmakers is still building living weapons of mass destruction somewhere on the globe.
Jon Daniels and Nadia Velasquez must find the lab and stop it before a new wave of terror erupts across the world. In order to succeed, though, they must get through The Pinnacle's most deadly weapon: Jenna Paine.
All who stand between evil and the innocent are two ancient warriors, a misfit genius, a rogue FBI agent, and a living antimatter bomb named NADIA.
Jon Daniels and Nadia Velasquez must find the lab and stop it before a new wave of terror erupts across the world. In order to succeed, though, they must get through The Pinnacle's most deadly weapon: Jenna Paine.
All who stand between evil and the innocent are two ancient warriors, a misfit genius, a rogue FBI agent, and a living antimatter bomb named NADIA.
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 2, 2011
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Cyrus Keith
12 books6 followersBorn and raised in lake Michigan's Snow Belt, just south of the Michigan state line. I have a fondness for kids, dogs, and hardwood forests in autumn. In literature, I enjoy military sci-fi and a host of other fun stuff to read, as long as it keeps moving and doesn't lecture me.
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September 13, 2016
Mystery, intrigue, and more than a few surprises fill the pages of Cyrus Keith’s, second in the series, UNALIVE The Nadia Project. The first few chapters alarmed me with the amount of characters but it was a false alarm. Mr. Keith has given each character a distinct role and personality which makes it easy to follow.
One of the main characters, Jon, pulls the theme of the story together when he states, “I’m in love with a bomb.” This book is true science fiction giving us a glimpse into a world of the future where we may find the person dining across the table is UNALIVE and dangerous and the world’s governments are controlled by a small, secret group of people. This was fiction, right?
A great read from a newer publisher, MuseItUp.
One of the main characters, Jon, pulls the theme of the story together when he states, “I’m in love with a bomb.” This book is true science fiction giving us a glimpse into a world of the future where we may find the person dining across the table is UNALIVE and dangerous and the world’s governments are controlled by a small, secret group of people. This was fiction, right?
A great read from a newer publisher, MuseItUp.
October 9, 2011
In the second installment of The NADIA Project, the potential stakes are raised even higher. The lab where Nadia was built is no more. But when The Pinnacle strikes back at the government agencies trying to crack its secrets, a horrible truth emerges: The evil cabal of kingmakers is still building living weapons of mass destruction somewhere on the globe.
Jon Daniels and Nadia Velasquez must find the lab and stop it before a new wave of terror erupts across the world. In order to succeed, though, they must get through The Pinnacle's most deadly weapon: Jenna Paine.
All who stand between evil and the innocent are two ancient warriors, a misfit genius, a rogue FBI agent, and a living antimatter bomb named NADIA.
I’m a member of Mensa, so I’m used to hanging out with geniuses. My favorite authors are people like Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Tom Clancy when he was still writing his own books. Cyrus Keith can join that group. His writing is as gripping, as complex, and reads as true as the masters of science fiction and Clancy’s early work.
Unalive is Book Two in the NADIA Project trilogy. I loved Becoming NADIA and waited anxiously for Unalive and was not disappointed. Nadia Velasquez is an artificial person with the memories and feelings of an FBI agent who died in a car accident. More than that—she’s an anti-matter bomb.
Unalive starts with the Secretary of State returning from a trip overseas during which she came down with the flu and was treated in a local hospital. Still feeling a bit funky, she stops at the West Wing of the White House to give the Vice President her reports, and explodes. The Pinnacle is back. Jon heads to Europe with an Air Force officer who has been investigating the NADIA project, knowing that antimatter is involved, but not realizing she has met “the device.” Their group feels that Nadia is too precious to risk on this mission. After all, if she dies, she’ll explode and kill millions. But Nadia disguises herself and goes anyway. And what they find there left me anxious for Book Three! C’mon Cyrus! Write faster!
Mr. Keith’s characters are so well-drawn and complex, by the end of the book, I began to have sympathy for Nadia’s arch-rival, Jenna Paine. He said in an interview recently that Jenna is a “damaged” person, and indeed she is. It takes a master to write a sympathetic villain.
If you haven’t read Becoming NADIA, buy it now, along with Unalive. If you have read it, then I probably don’t have to prompt you to buy Unalive, other than to tell you that it’s just as good! Oh, Unalive can stand on its own, but why miss out on Becoming NADIA? I gave that one five stars, too.
Jon Daniels and Nadia Velasquez must find the lab and stop it before a new wave of terror erupts across the world. In order to succeed, though, they must get through The Pinnacle's most deadly weapon: Jenna Paine.
All who stand between evil and the innocent are two ancient warriors, a misfit genius, a rogue FBI agent, and a living antimatter bomb named NADIA.
I’m a member of Mensa, so I’m used to hanging out with geniuses. My favorite authors are people like Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Tom Clancy when he was still writing his own books. Cyrus Keith can join that group. His writing is as gripping, as complex, and reads as true as the masters of science fiction and Clancy’s early work.
Unalive is Book Two in the NADIA Project trilogy. I loved Becoming NADIA and waited anxiously for Unalive and was not disappointed. Nadia Velasquez is an artificial person with the memories and feelings of an FBI agent who died in a car accident. More than that—she’s an anti-matter bomb.
Unalive starts with the Secretary of State returning from a trip overseas during which she came down with the flu and was treated in a local hospital. Still feeling a bit funky, she stops at the West Wing of the White House to give the Vice President her reports, and explodes. The Pinnacle is back. Jon heads to Europe with an Air Force officer who has been investigating the NADIA project, knowing that antimatter is involved, but not realizing she has met “the device.” Their group feels that Nadia is too precious to risk on this mission. After all, if she dies, she’ll explode and kill millions. But Nadia disguises herself and goes anyway. And what they find there left me anxious for Book Three! C’mon Cyrus! Write faster!
Mr. Keith’s characters are so well-drawn and complex, by the end of the book, I began to have sympathy for Nadia’s arch-rival, Jenna Paine. He said in an interview recently that Jenna is a “damaged” person, and indeed she is. It takes a master to write a sympathetic villain.
If you haven’t read Becoming NADIA, buy it now, along with Unalive. If you have read it, then I probably don’t have to prompt you to buy Unalive, other than to tell you that it’s just as good! Oh, Unalive can stand on its own, but why miss out on Becoming NADIA? I gave that one five stars, too.
August 16, 2011
This Scifi-thriller has all the usual elements one would expect from a thriller: intrigue, suspense, fast paced action, and the entire world in danger, of course. However, what stands out in this book is the characters. They are not the usual stereotype kind of characters one finds in a thriller - the kind that remind you of James Bond. Instead, these characters come across as real people struggling with a difficult situation. Some are highly talented in fields involving science and computers, which makes them all the more interesting. Keith has a way of bringing out the uniqueness of each character, and enough time is spent with each for the reader to know them well and care about what happens to them.
At this point in the series, Nadia has joined Jon and his team in their mission to stop the Pinnacle, and while stopping the Pinnacle is the central plot, what really drew me into the story is Nadia’s inner turmoil. Thanks to the Pinnacle she struggles with the many horrific things she went through. She wants to have a normal life, but at times she’s not even sure what she is – human or machine. Jon is caught up in this problem as well because Nadia has become more than a friend, but he fears they can never be together. Another complication is that Jon doesn’t even trust his own government with Nadia because they come across as thinking of her as only a weapon to be dismantled.
I was also impressed by the scientific details. I can only imagine that a great deal of research went into this book, and I enjoyed learning all about how Nadia, since she is a living bomb. She was built by the Pinnacle in their quest for power and meant for killing those in their way. The Pinnacle is a complex organization that actually believes they are doing the right thing. They have become delusional and think their methods will bring about world peace.
Considering that I hadn’t read the first book in the series, it took me a few chapters to get into it, but after that I found there were enough details for this book to also stand on its own. On occasion Keith, for some reason, will have a chapter in the viewpoint of an unknown character, usually to give the reader a glimpse of something going on behind the scenes, but my preference would’ve been for him to stick with the main characters. However, this didn’t distract from the enjoyment of the story. Unalive kept me guessing all the way to the end, and I finished it in just two days. I highly recommend it.
At this point in the series, Nadia has joined Jon and his team in their mission to stop the Pinnacle, and while stopping the Pinnacle is the central plot, what really drew me into the story is Nadia’s inner turmoil. Thanks to the Pinnacle she struggles with the many horrific things she went through. She wants to have a normal life, but at times she’s not even sure what she is – human or machine. Jon is caught up in this problem as well because Nadia has become more than a friend, but he fears they can never be together. Another complication is that Jon doesn’t even trust his own government with Nadia because they come across as thinking of her as only a weapon to be dismantled.
I was also impressed by the scientific details. I can only imagine that a great deal of research went into this book, and I enjoyed learning all about how Nadia, since she is a living bomb. She was built by the Pinnacle in their quest for power and meant for killing those in their way. The Pinnacle is a complex organization that actually believes they are doing the right thing. They have become delusional and think their methods will bring about world peace.
Considering that I hadn’t read the first book in the series, it took me a few chapters to get into it, but after that I found there were enough details for this book to also stand on its own. On occasion Keith, for some reason, will have a chapter in the viewpoint of an unknown character, usually to give the reader a glimpse of something going on behind the scenes, but my preference would’ve been for him to stick with the main characters. However, this didn’t distract from the enjoyment of the story. Unalive kept me guessing all the way to the end, and I finished it in just two days. I highly recommend it.
June 23, 2013
Book TWO in Cyrus Keith's nail bitingly intense NADIA Project Series took me back to this amazing ongoing conflict between science, morality, and spirituality.
Cyrus Keith is a master at weaving high energy suspense, but he gives us so much more. At the root of The NADIA Project Series is the basic question...what constitutes "LIFE"?
Is a sentient being composed of circuitry with wisps of human memory ALIVE...or is it nothing more than a mechanical byproduct of a nefarious creation of anti-matter bombs that look human, act human and pose as human?
There is a section in UNALIVE that set my mind and heart a-reeling...
"I want to be happy."
Nadia smiled.
Happy. That sounds good. One step closer to normal.
Happy...content...normal...isn't that what every one of us wants? Does it really matter these thoughts come from the active mind of a machine?
Cyrus Keith makes me think. In today's world we have many people walking around with artificial parts such as hearts pumping the life sustaining fuel of life through their veins. They have the thoughts and memories of their lives before the parts took on the job of being part of their current whole, so are they human or machine or something in-between?
I love the pace of Cyrus Keith's NADIA stories, and how they challenge me to also think outside the box. His brilliance speaks to the core of who I am and who I hope to become.
I cannot recommend Cyrus Keith's books highly enough.
UNALIVE the vehicle that introduces Jenna Paines truth delivers the same punch BECOMING NADIA delivered in book one. It also has me eagerly anticipating CRITICAL MASS book three in this amazing saga.
Cyrus Keith is a master at weaving high energy suspense, but he gives us so much more. At the root of The NADIA Project Series is the basic question...what constitutes "LIFE"?
Is a sentient being composed of circuitry with wisps of human memory ALIVE...or is it nothing more than a mechanical byproduct of a nefarious creation of anti-matter bombs that look human, act human and pose as human?
There is a section in UNALIVE that set my mind and heart a-reeling...
"I want to be happy."
Nadia smiled.
Happy. That sounds good. One step closer to normal.
Happy...content...normal...isn't that what every one of us wants? Does it really matter these thoughts come from the active mind of a machine?
Cyrus Keith makes me think. In today's world we have many people walking around with artificial parts such as hearts pumping the life sustaining fuel of life through their veins. They have the thoughts and memories of their lives before the parts took on the job of being part of their current whole, so are they human or machine or something in-between?
I love the pace of Cyrus Keith's NADIA stories, and how they challenge me to also think outside the box. His brilliance speaks to the core of who I am and who I hope to become.
I cannot recommend Cyrus Keith's books highly enough.
UNALIVE the vehicle that introduces Jenna Paines truth delivers the same punch BECOMING NADIA delivered in book one. It also has me eagerly anticipating CRITICAL MASS book three in this amazing saga.
October 25, 2011
Another face paced edge of the seat thriller by the up and coming Cyrus Keith. For those who have read Becoming Nadia, this takes the challenge presented there to a new level. For those who have only just discovered The Nadia Project, get ready for a stimulating ride.
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