Live Feed

by Shane Briant

It is the new millennium. Ordinary people are daily influenced, controlled and manipulated by the electronic media. The world at large demands to see events unfold in real time. While ten years ago the first Internet generation was prepared to wait fifteen seconds for a personal computer to download pictures of a world catastrophe, now the 'ordinary Joe, ' clicking his iPhone in the street complains if he can't download live footage of death and destruction within a matter of seconds. A bank robbery goes bad. Five innocent bystanders are shot dead. The gang, two of whom have been accidentally shot by their own team, go to ground in a cave. The media stumble on their lair and without the knowledge of the robbers, film the last few days of their lives. It is a 'Live Feed' that soon become a worldwide feeding frenzy. But who exactly are the bad guys? The finale is totally shocking.

278 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2013

About the author

Law graduate Trinity College Dublin. Turned pro actor in 1971 playing Hamlet in Dublin. Nominated for Best Newcomer by London Theatre Critics for his performance in 'Children of the Wolf.' Starred in four Hammer films, played Dorian Gray in Hollywood. Veteran now of 36 international feature films and countless TV around the world. Six books published - five in Australia, latest in America and Germany.

Reviews

[Tabitha Chamberlain · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book drags on terribly, I got bored through out and the shock value was an engross indifference for life and humanity. Which may have been the point I believe personally that it completely over shot its mark.