Neverywhere

Atopia Chronicles #5

by Matthew Mather

Nancy and Willy have known each other their whole lives, but where Nancy is fast on track to become the next star of the famous Killiam clan, Willy is struggling just to make ends meet.

They do have something in common, though. They are both hanging their lives on the new Infinixx distributed consciousness system, and for both of them, it will be a complete disaster. For Nancy, all she needed was a helping hand, whereas Willy truly loses himself in his pursuits.

Genres: Science Fiction

99 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

Matthew is the million-copy bestselling author of CyberStorm and Darknet, and the hit series Nomad and Atopia Chronicles. He started out his career working at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines, going on to become one of the world's leading members of the cybersecurity community. In between he's worked in a variety of start-ups,everything from computational nanotechnology to electronic health records to weather prediction systems. He spends his time between Montreal and Charlotte, NC.

Reviews

[Nina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars for this one, because I liked it, but I feel a little let down by it at the same time. The beginning was so promising - the idea that someone had actually lost their body seemed right in line with the story arc of the series. But, the story just never felt like it got anywhere. There was a lot of searching and questioning, but ultimately the best thing that happens in Neverywhere is the rekindling of several childhood friendships and a couple funny pranks.

This book was much longer than the others I've read as well. Compared to the other stories I've read in the Atopia Chronicles, this one is a full blown novel. I thought it was a little strange as I was reading it - that it was so much longer than the others - but then I thought it must be because there would be more to the adventure of finding Willy's missing body. But, not so much.

I'm hoping more of this story will come into play in the later books in the series. It wasn't a bad story by any means, I think I was just hoping for more.

[Andrea Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

What happens when you report your own body missing?
Synthetic intelligence, sharing realities, quantum traps . . . the stuff great sci-fi is made of. My favourite of the Atopia Chronicles so far, Neverywhere introduces us to Nancy and Willy, makes us wonder about Jimmy's motives, and teaches us how to play flitter tag. It answers some questions but asks so many more, and since Matthew Mather delivers in each volume of the Atopia Chronicles, you just know the answers are on the way.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story in the series didn't quite measure up to the others. I appreciate what the author is trying to do in each story with the concept of distributed consciousness but this one felt like it took too long to get to the point and didn't add up to as meaningful a conclusion as book 4.

[Jeff Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent as the rest so far. Really looking forward to reading the conclusion novel.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't wait to find out how it all ties together.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was different than the previous, it almost read in a diary POV. Plus their were two POVs in this book. Overall good read but I am not sure I liked the different style