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Oceanus: Living In Isolation
At the dawn of colonizing planets, humanity supports a bold new experiment on Earth to create three self-sustaining habitats, one underground, one above, and one under the sea. With dreams of colonization, they test human capacity by isolating the inhabitants from the outside world for a year.
Telsa and Simon join the first inhabitants on Oceanus, the undersea habitat. Simon leaves his youngest, Rosie, with her grandmother. It would only be a year, what could go wrong?
Everything runs smoothly until Simon discovers a network of surveillance throughout Oceanus, then Telsa uncovers a rumor of a devastating virus on the Earth's surface. Central Command insists on their isolation but a new security force infiltrates the habitats under the guise that they are there for everyone's protection.
All the while, unbeknownst to any of them, a religious zealot sees the habitats as his destiny, a place where he and his fellow believers can embark on growing a new country.
Telsa and Simon join the first inhabitants on Oceanus, the undersea habitat. Simon leaves his youngest, Rosie, with her grandmother. It would only be a year, what could go wrong?
Everything runs smoothly until Simon discovers a network of surveillance throughout Oceanus, then Telsa uncovers a rumor of a devastating virus on the Earth's surface. Central Command insists on their isolation but a new security force infiltrates the habitats under the guise that they are there for everyone's protection.
All the while, unbeknownst to any of them, a religious zealot sees the habitats as his destiny, a place where he and his fellow believers can embark on growing a new country.
211 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 8, 2014
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May 10, 2016
With thorough yet purposeful character development, McAlpine takes the reader on a futuristic adventure exploring life sustaining habitat experiments taking place during a time of political unrest. Published in 2014, the political climate in Oceanus is eerily reminiscent of the current atmosphere in some respects. Though Oceanus is a sci-fi novel, the premise of the story is not an unrealistic possibility. That, along with the perfectly paced plot development and some interesting and unexpected twists, kept me riveted. Sci-Fi is not my typical go to genre so I was thoroughly surprised how quickly the story sucked me in and almost completely hijacked my weekend. Had I neglected my family more it would have been finished within hours of reading page one.
March 30, 2015
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For the most part it was ok and very much so kept my interest. I really enjoyed the concept overall but felt that the religious zealot was under developed and wasn't really the diabolical madman typically enjoyed in stories. Overall a good book, but leaves something to be desired in the ending.
For the most part it was ok and very much so kept my interest. I really enjoyed the concept overall but felt that the religious zealot was under developed and wasn't really the diabolical madman typically enjoyed in stories. Overall a good book, but leaves something to be desired in the ending.
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