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Ability
The end of the world began on YouTube...
Brian Carter wanted to create a superior recreational substance.
Garret Stewart wanted to create the next evolution in learning.
Derry Clarkson wanted her two best friends to see reason.
What happens when the perfect drug meets the perfect technology?
Ability is a dark urban tech-fantasy set in the near future.
Contains Parts I - III (complete)
Adult Language / Mature Themes
60,159 words
Brian Carter wanted to create a superior recreational substance.
Garret Stewart wanted to create the next evolution in learning.
Derry Clarkson wanted her two best friends to see reason.
What happens when the perfect drug meets the perfect technology?
Ability is a dark urban tech-fantasy set in the near future.
Contains Parts I - III (complete)
Adult Language / Mature Themes
60,159 words
173 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 10, 2014
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I write adult stories for adult readers.
I am an LGBT-friendly author.
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March 20, 2014
*Warning: Minor Spoilers concerning theme and setting ahead.*
I originally picked up the first book in the Ability trilogy because it was free, and because I had just discovered Mr. Hill's books and wanted to see what he wrote. Ability I was a good enough read that when the Omnibus was released (just a few days later), I grabbed it over the individual books. To quickly summarize the book, it is a dystopian society (though it is a glimpse into our near future) leading up to a post-apocalyptic setting.
One of the enjoyable things about the book is the believable creation of the science that makes the storyline possible. Regardless of the dark future warning implied by the theme, the promise of the technology would be too good to pass up, even in a real world situation. The three main characters were believable, and ultimately, regardless of their viewpoints, must choose whether or not to give humankind the tool to evolve at the risk of destabilizing society.
In a way, Ability is an origins story, leading up to a world of super-humans developing their potential far beyond man's current pace of evolution. It reminded me somewhat of the RPG Aberrant. Most of the book focuses on the process instead of the outcome, though the book does have its fair share of evolved humanity.
The book gets darker as it progresses, and my outtake is that it leans more toward the school of thought that man (or society) is inherently evil, and when given power we are more likely to abuse it than to do good. There is racial conflict later in the book, which I think could have been foreshadowed earlier before the Ability comes into play, showing how tenuous civil rights are, and how quickly society can crumble.
All in all I highly recommend it for the speculative fiction and dystopian reader, but also those that like super-hero fiction. The book promises a sequel, which I am looking forward to.
I originally picked up the first book in the Ability trilogy because it was free, and because I had just discovered Mr. Hill's books and wanted to see what he wrote. Ability I was a good enough read that when the Omnibus was released (just a few days later), I grabbed it over the individual books. To quickly summarize the book, it is a dystopian society (though it is a glimpse into our near future) leading up to a post-apocalyptic setting.
One of the enjoyable things about the book is the believable creation of the science that makes the storyline possible. Regardless of the dark future warning implied by the theme, the promise of the technology would be too good to pass up, even in a real world situation. The three main characters were believable, and ultimately, regardless of their viewpoints, must choose whether or not to give humankind the tool to evolve at the risk of destabilizing society.
In a way, Ability is an origins story, leading up to a world of super-humans developing their potential far beyond man's current pace of evolution. It reminded me somewhat of the RPG Aberrant. Most of the book focuses on the process instead of the outcome, though the book does have its fair share of evolved humanity.
The book gets darker as it progresses, and my outtake is that it leans more toward the school of thought that man (or society) is inherently evil, and when given power we are more likely to abuse it than to do good. There is racial conflict later in the book, which I think could have been foreshadowed earlier before the Ability comes into play, showing how tenuous civil rights are, and how quickly society can crumble.
All in all I highly recommend it for the speculative fiction and dystopian reader, but also those that like super-hero fiction. The book promises a sequel, which I am looking forward to.
January 30, 2019
Good read
This was a very exciting book. I would recommend this to anyone. I thought it well written and a must read.
This was a very exciting book. I would recommend this to anyone. I thought it well written and a must read.
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