Enemy Me

by J. Carrell Jones

Pete Walker died . . . again . . . and again . . . and again . . .
The very profitably pharmaceutical behemoth Forever Life, Inc. was ready to start Human trials using a new wonder drug that was going to liberate the world. Every disease known - cured. Every handicap or birth defect - eliminated. You don't like your hair texture? Your eye color? Skin color? Height? One small pill taken at night, a short drug induced coma, and several days later - a new you. The problem was that Pete feared this new pill would lead to the extinction of humankind. This meant he had to stop Forever Life at any cost. Any. Cost. Which, included his life . . . again . . . and again . . . and again . . .

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2014

About the author

J Carrell Jones studies people. His major in college was Anthropology before switching over to Computer Science and Information Technology. He worked in the Customer Support Services for many years, which gave him more opportunity in putting his understanding about people to good practical use. As a US Army veteran, he knows how to play hard and work tough. Nowadays, he gets his greatest joys in life by raising his brilliant young daughter, and writing. He lives in Southern California where the weather is mostly great with his wife, daughter, son, and two female cats.

Reviews

[Karen Hoagland · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It presented a lot to think about. i don't want to say too much and ruin it but it brought up a lot of issues with cloning and points out how far some people will go for money, forsaking ethics and accountability.

[Laura Ruetz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite a slow start, this became really engrossing as I got into it. It had to set up the scene, and the characters, which it did exceptionally well here. It deals with cloning, genetic manipulation and what defines who we are as individuals. The pacing is very good and the book and the characters are very engaging. The promise of a drug that will wipe out all disease is the basis of this book, but there is more to it than that, and how one man started to fight against the evil that lurks under the premise of changing the world in such a way.

I picked this up at Wondercon and am very happy that I did so. Great writing style, feels very fluid and organic. Loved the story and the originality behind it.

[Colin Rowlands · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly the clone wars wasn't an option for the title.

This book initially felt quite slow as there was a lot of world-building that needed to take place at the start in addition, but this paid off by delivering a well-realised version of the near future that could be readily extrapolated from the ways things are right now and once this was out of the way the pace of the book picked up nicely.

The book used some interesting questions about things like the nature of self and the ethics of science as the foundation for the overall story and on the whole it worked out pretty well, although the ending felt somewhat rushed with everything being tied up so easily in the end, but this did not detract from the overall story.

I thought the narrator did a good job with quite a large cast of characters and some particularly busy scenes that were a challenge, but she nicely enhanced the book with her performance.

[I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Excellent, thought-provoking Sci-Fi. If there was a pill that could fix everything that was "wrong" with you, would you take it? Would a perfect life ensue? Would you be happy? Get everything you want? J. Carrell Jones goes straight down the rabbit hole, no holes barred, and what a wild and twisty ride it is. Well-done! I received this book from eBook Discovery. This is my honest review.

[Brian Paules · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really great read. What would happen if every disease was cured? Sounds good on the surface, but... (you'll have to read it to find out).

I received this FREE from ebookdiscovery.com. This is my honest review.

[Jocelyn Sanchez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining and thought provoking novel for sure. I like the idea of human trials that use a drug to liberate the world. All diseases, problems, defects would be gone. The possibilities are endless and it sounds great in theory. I loved how this author took such an unique novel idea and created this awesome story!

I don't want to say too much, since I don't want to spoil it, but this novel is great and the storyline is truly genius. I think a lot of readers would love this book and should give it a try.