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Cyber Seed #2
Sycamore 2: Cyber Seed, Book 2
Where do you hide when every eye is a spy?
After discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth.
But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen.
In Sycamore’s hyper-connected dystopian world full of palm-based microchips and augmented reality contact lenses, this is easier said than done....
After discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth.
But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen.
In Sycamore’s hyper-connected dystopian world full of palm-based microchips and augmented reality contact lenses, this is easier said than done....
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June 14, 2017
The first book was great, but this? Meh.
Falconer could've put this in with his first book, after cutting literally 100's of pages of boring blahblahblah. Just because he can write well does not mean I want to spend hours reading meaningless crap. Remove all but first couple chapters and the final couple of chapters, put what's left into the first book, THEN it might be YA bestseller. But this? A waste of time.
Falconer could've put this in with his first book, after cutting literally 100's of pages of boring blahblahblah. Just because he can write well does not mean I want to spend hours reading meaningless crap. Remove all but first couple chapters and the final couple of chapters, put what's left into the first book, THEN it might be YA bestseller. But this? A waste of time.
January 24, 2023
More of the same but less
I felt this sequel was unnecessary.
Sure it was fun to watch it all unravel for Sycamore but rarely did it felt it was going wrong for the good guys.
A little too predictable and I enjoyed the first one more due to the technological and ethical questions it raised. This second one didn't really have any of that expanded or added....
I felt this sequel was unnecessary.
Sure it was fun to watch it all unravel for Sycamore but rarely did it felt it was going wrong for the good guys.
A little too predictable and I enjoyed the first one more due to the technological and ethical questions it raised. This second one didn't really have any of that expanded or added....
September 9, 2025
Much better than the first one!
September 15, 2025
I think this is a significant step down from the first novel. This reads like your normal take-down-evil-corporation story.
December 30, 2016
Great follow up to the first book. Good more individuals interested in sifi and technology.
September 3, 2020
This review comes after I've finished reading all the accompanying stories in the series (Funscreen, Sycamore X and Sycamore XL).
I was intrigued by Sycamore 1, I loved the short stories, but I didn't like this book. I persevered only because I wanted to follow the storyline so the short stories made sense to me. I knew they would be better, and I wasn't wrong.
It's been a couple of weeks since I finished Sycamore 2, so I don't remember why I rolled my eyes so much, but two things I do remember have to do with plot development and point of view.
There were several instances of redundant scenes and exchanges between characters, not serving the plot in the least bit. Plus, the sudden switches in POV felt like Falconer wasn't ready to handle the situation.
However, I do urge you to read all the books in the series, because if the Seed his character came up with sounds amazing to you, I know you'll have a blast with his shorter stories like I did.
I was intrigued by Sycamore 1, I loved the short stories, but I didn't like this book. I persevered only because I wanted to follow the storyline so the short stories made sense to me. I knew they would be better, and I wasn't wrong.
It's been a couple of weeks since I finished Sycamore 2, so I don't remember why I rolled my eyes so much, but two things I do remember have to do with plot development and point of view.
There were several instances of redundant scenes and exchanges between characters, not serving the plot in the least bit. Plus, the sudden switches in POV felt like Falconer wasn't ready to handle the situation.
However, I do urge you to read all the books in the series, because if the Seed his character came up with sounds amazing to you, I know you'll have a blast with his shorter stories like I did.
June 11, 2015
Great continuance and finish to a surprisingly good series by an author I'd never heard of before.
Honestly, the writing is somewhat amateur, but still good overall. And the story, while a bit predictable, kept me interested. I found many things about this future world that are too eerily 'now' and happening in the real world. Very Big Brother. Some of the technology features I could definitely go for though, especially being able to 'zoom' in with the special lenses. That would be very handy!
If you have a long weekend coming up this summer, reading both Sycamore and Sycamore2 would be a good choice to fill the time.
Honestly, the writing is somewhat amateur, but still good overall. And the story, while a bit predictable, kept me interested. I found many things about this future world that are too eerily 'now' and happening in the real world. Very Big Brother. Some of the technology features I could definitely go for though, especially being able to 'zoom' in with the special lenses. That would be very handy!
If you have a long weekend coming up this summer, reading both Sycamore and Sycamore2 would be a good choice to fill the time.
June 23, 2016
Great follow-up to the first book!
This book had far less action compared to the first, but the slowdown allowed for better character development and explained a few logic holes from the first book (like how Sycamore was able to create such mind-blowing apps in mere days).
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone that liked the first one! My only critique is that the author probably could have shaved 100 pages off of this one without sacrificing much plot.
This book had far less action compared to the first, but the slowdown allowed for better character development and explained a few logic holes from the first book (like how Sycamore was able to create such mind-blowing apps in mere days).
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone that liked the first one! My only critique is that the author probably could have shaved 100 pages off of this one without sacrificing much plot.
January 28, 2016
Absolutely brilliant technological thriller. Couldn't put this one down.
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