Sensations

by Kevin Byrne

Eleanor Nickerson developed technology that records and recreates human perception. Once labeled the 21st century’s greatest gift, a worldwide crisis pits her against government attempts to control the experience and the underworld’s exploitation of our need to feel. On April 27, 2024, Ellie faces the truth when pressed for a vision of her creation —
“I am not a God.”
“But what if you were?”

366 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 2023

About the author

Kevin was born and raised in New York City. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1999, while serving overseas in command of a US Army Air Cavalry Troop. He is now medically retired and lives in Portland, Oregon with his daughter.

Kevin devotes much of his time and energy towards overcoming the challenges of his own MS, so he can fight for others. He began writing and blogging in 2010, for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National MS Society, and then NEVER STOP NEVER QUIT, a charitable organization he co-formed to further expand his fundraising and advocacy in the fight against MS.

“…fantastic stories, where I’m limited only by my imagination, not by the confines of this stupid disease.”
NMSS Leadership Conference
Denver, CO
November 2016

Never Stop… Never Quit…®

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique premise pared with a fast-paced thriller.

[Jimmie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book as part of a Goodreads Psychology book club read. I took my time to read this book as I really got into the characters. Sensations is a nerdy, military, technology driven book. The book is based during the COVID-19 halt to outside fun. As a result of not getting out and seeing our friends and living normal lives, we were stuck inside as life moved on by. Sensations is based on getting away from the mundane of life and enjoying better times. The main character lost her mom to cancer and she wanted to relive the good times with her mom, so she developed a program call SCARS that allowed the daughter to remember and feel better times.

The book has a lot of real life moral issues, like if a life changing program was developed, would it be used imprperly by bad people. The author covers this scenario by Russian baddies using a knock off opens sourse of SCARS for monitary gain and greed. A big piece of this book covers this storyline.

Sensations also opens up the discussion of Artificial Intellegience (AI). Is AI bad or is to good, but can be used for nefarious reasons. That is the question I kept asking myself as I read Sensations. I enjoyed the technical and military aspects of this book. It was good to see PsyOps or MISO used in a storyline that mades complete sense. I'm glad I get a chance to read Sensations. Kevin Byrne did an amazing job or telling a very entertaining and thought provoking book. Brava, Mr. Byrne!

[Michelle Judd · Rating 5 out of 5]

A riveting story with interesting characters and a fast moving plot. Don’t start it with a packed schedule; you won’t want to put it down.