The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2)

Singularity #2

by Susan Kaye Quinn

What does it mean to be human? Elijah Brighton is the face of the Human Resistance Movement. He’s the Olympic-level painter who refused an offer of immortality from the ascenders—the human/machine hybrids who run the world—in solidarity with the legacy humans who will never get a chance to live forever. Too bad it’s all a complicated web of lies. Worse, Eli’s not even entirely human. Few know about the ascenders’ genetic experiments that left him… different. Fewer know about the unearthly fugue state that creates his transcendent art—as well as a bridge that lets him speak to the dead. But the Resistance is the one place he can hide from the ascender who knows everything the fugue can do. Because if Marcus finds him, he’ll either use Eli for his own nefarious purposes… or destroy him once and for all. The Duality Bridge is the second book in the Singularity series and the sequel to The Legacy Human. This thrilling new young adult science fiction series explores the intersection of mind, body, and soul in a post-Singularity world.

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Dystopia, Fiction, Futuristic, Post Apocalyptic

526 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 2015

About the author

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Susan Kaye Quinn has designed aircraft engines and researched global warming, but now she uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from hopeful climate fiction to gritty cyberpunk. Sue believes being gentle and healing is radical and disruptive. Her short fiction can be found in Grist, Solarpunk Magazine, Reckoning, and all her novels and short stories can be found on her website. She is the host of the Bright Green Futures podcast.

SOLARPUNK
collections
Bright Green Futures: 2024 (edited by SKQ)
Halfway to Better

novels
Nothing is Promised series
When You Had Power
You Knew The Price
Of Kindness and Kilowatts
Yet You Cry When It Hurts

short stories
A Moon Goddess to Watch Over Me (Luna Station Quarterly) (hopepunk)
It's in the Blood (Reckoning 8)
Once and Future Kilowatts (Solarpunk Magazine)
Rewilding Indiana (Little Blue Marble)
Seven Sisters (Grist)
The Joy Fund (DreamForge Magazine)

SCI-FI
Singularity Novel Series
The Legacy Human
The Duality Bridge
The Illusory Prophet
The Last Mystic

Stories of Singularity
Restore
Containment
Augment
Awakening
Harvest
Defiance
Resistance

YA SF
Mindjack Series
Open Minds
Closed Hearts
Free Souls
Locked Tight
Cracked Open
Broken Wide
Mindjack Short Story Collection

WATCH the award-winning live-action Mindjack Book Trailer!

STEAMPUNK ROMANCE
Royals of Dharia
Third Daughter
Second Daughter
First Daughter

CYBERPUNK
Debt Collector
LIRIUM (Season One)
WRAITH (Season Two)

WATCH the Debt Collector Book Trailer

ANTHOLOGIES
Synchronic
Telepath Chronicles
AI Chronicles
Dark Beyond The Stars
Future Chronicles
Cyborg Chronicles
CLONES: The Anthology

MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY
Faery Swap

WATCH the Faery Swap Book Trailer

CONTACT SUSAN
Susan's Website | Sue on Bluesky | Sue on Mastodon
Susan's Email: sue@twistedspacepub.com

Reviews

[angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superbly written book, that was amazing to listen to. I find listening to the books makes me feel like I’m right there with all these amazing characters. The reader is full of passion and makes everything come alive. It’s a great experience. I was hanging on every word, during certain parts I’d find myself breathing fast, yet other times holding my breath, it certainly got my emotions going.
The story itself is a treat of philosophical HopePunk sci-fi at it’s best. Set in and explores the intersection of mind, body, and soul in a post-Singularity world.
Characters that are impassioned by their cause, fighting for what they believe is right and protecting each other with their lives. Alliances have been made, some turning against each other, all wanting answers, but none as much as Elijah who has found out he was a test subject. The only one of his kind, that survived. This has left him with the ability to go into a fugue state, were he can achieve amazing things, he also finds out he’s not completely human. On top of that he finds out his mother’s story, what she was put through and it infuriates him. He has always fought for his Mom, to try and get a cure to save her from dying, even though it was illegal. He loves her very much and would do anything to help her. They have a good loving relationship.
This is the second book in the series it had more action then book one, but so far both books get you thinking, leaving you with bated breath to find out what happens next. At this point I can’t wait to read book three, I could no more stop myself then give up chocolate. So much happens during this book, but I don’t want to give away too much and spoil it for anyone.
These books are so much more than I was expecting and having read many of Author Susan Kaye Quinn’s books, so I had high hopes. She is an amazing Author, one of my favorite’s and these books have so far blown my mind.
I received this audio book as an ARC, but it in no way reflects my rating or review. I do highly recommend this book if you like this genre, if you don’t you’d probably like it anyways. It’s such a great series.

[L.R.W. Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just finished reading book two in the series and it is as good as the first, examining not only what does it mean to be human, but what does it mean to access God. This book had me think of the ancient Hebrews constructing the tower of Babel to reach god. In this future...

See full review at my blog at bit.ly/1Q0jUUg

[Liz Masterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as an Alpha reader, and I have to say I don't know which I love more -- this one or the Legacy Human. Eli is just such a great character (followed closely by my favorite bad guy, Marcus) and I am sucked into his world as soon as I start reading either book. It's really tough to have a sequel as good as the first book in a series, but Susan Kaye Quinn has definitely pulled it off!

[Rachel Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am continually impressed by the massive scope of Susan Kaye Quinn's Singularity universe! The concepts and possibilities she explores in this series (both the novels and the short stories) never cease to leave me in awe. As always, her work manages to be both thought-provoking and entertaining. I'm looking forward to finding out where Eli's story is headed in the next book!

[Veronica of V's Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the second in a series and should be read after THE LEGACY HUMAN.

This series of books takes place in a future Earth where humanity is the minority of the population and the Ascenders are humans who long ago put their knowledge and consciousness into a computer matrix called Orion. They exist in artificial bodyforms are are essentially immortal--replacing parts but not awareness over the years. Eli is a legacy human, part of a cultivated population comprised of the progeny of people who chose not to ascend over a hundred years ago. He has earned a modest living as an artist due to the payments of his Ascender patron Lenora, but his true goal was to win Ascendance at the Olympics that just ended. His goal was two-fold: he would be ascender and could pursue Lenora, for whom he always pined, and his mother, who is sick with lymphoma and unable to be cured with the limited medicines humans are allowed to take, would also ascend and she would be cured in the process.

In the previous book, THE LEGACY HUMAN, Eli's plans did not succeed. And, he has learned that his humanity--which he ofttimes cursed--is not complete. Lenora had a hand in Eli's conception, with a number of other Ascenders who were hoping to determine if Ascenders in fact had souls. Eli has fits, fugues, where he loses his active consciousness and sees scenes that may be future or past. He paints within these fugue-states creating art that is transcendent, but he now realizes that his visions in the fugue are far more than art--they are communion with Orion, outside of Ascendency.

Eli is a poster child for the Human Resistance, factions of humans who want Ascendency to be a right, not a privilege to "win" but, at the moment, Eli isn't a believer in their cause. He isn't human, but his sick mother is--and the rebels are willing to cure his mother for his cooperation. Unfortunately, their camp is compromised and Eli is singled out as a security risk. While Eli and his friend Kamali (a human girl he'd like to actually date) fight to save the captured members of their camp, while also keeping Eli's secret. It's getting harder and harder to keep his genetic origins secret, however, especially as they are captured by human True Believers--God worshippers in the darkest sense--and other Ascenders, including Marcus, who believe Eli's origin to be a mistake that needs to be rectified.

The plot takes amazing twists, between the harsh reality of human life in New Portland and the surreal nature of Eli's fugues which are becoming more frequent and more detailed. Eli's able to discern the true nature of all creatures he meets in the fugue, and his fears over some are more warranted than others. He's also forced to make alliances that do not best suit him, in order to save the people he loves--sacrificing himself is not a viable option for his protectors and friends, however.

I really enjoyed the detailed world-building and the depth of the plot, which (naturally) features a character bent on world domination. Shame this character has such close ties to Eli. The characters within the story are fantastically crafted, with real motives and drives that cause alliances that are not always permanent. The secondary characters, Kamali, Cyrus, Lenora, Marcus and others, have true roles to play in Eli's journey. The resolution of this novel is sufficient to remove any cliffhangers, but readers know there is more of the story to come. Can't wait!

[Mal Warwick · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the debut of Susan Kaye Quinn’s series of four novels about life after the Singularity, Elijah Brighton and two teenage Frenchwomen won gold medals in the Olympics. The awards made them eligible to transition from legacy humans to ascenders, the god-like immortals who now reign over the Earth. But powerful forces snatched away their medals when they defiantly showed their support for the human Resistance. Now, in The Duality Bridge, the three brilliant young leaders—medalists in painting, storytelling, and dance—are actively working with the rebels. Together with other courageous legacy humans, rebel ascenders, and robots, they broadcast their message of defiance on Orion, the ascenders’ global network, seeking to undermine the stifling regime imposed on the planet by the immortals.

A muddled religious message

At the heart of this novel, and of the series as a whole, is the author’s muddled religious message. Somewhere outside of time and space there exists another plane of existence. Meditation practices and the Dalai Lama himself feature in the story, implying that devout Buddhists may attain access to it. But Elijah is uniquely able to reach that dimension of being through what he calls a fugue state. As we learned in The Legacy Human, the novel that first explored life after the Singularity, Elijah is only half-human. He’s the product of an experiment carried out on his mother by a group of ascenders who sought to learn whether ascenders have souls. He is, in short, the “bridge” to that otherwise unattainable plane of existence.

Clear? Clear as mud, actually.

Plot twists and improbable escapes in abundance

To get this message across, Quinn follows Elijah and the band of rebels around him through an improbably long and complicated series of close scrapes with the evil ascenders who are out to destroy them. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many last-minute shifts of direction in the plot in a single book.

In The Legacy Human, the evil presence was a powerful ascender named Marcus. Now, in the sequel, an even more powerful and malignant ascender named Augustus emerges as the bad guy. And Marcus switches sides to the rebels! As I said, improbable.

When I began the Singularity series, I’d hoped to read all four books. As you might guess, I won’t be wasting any more time on the third one. I’ll look elsewhere for a more credible and better-written story about life after the Singularity.

[Monica T. Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to come!

[Donna Weaver · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT IT'S ABOUT
What does it mean to be human? Elijah Brighton is the face of the Human Resistance Movement. He's the Olympic-level painter who refused an offer of immortality from the ascenders-the human/machine hybrids who run the world-in solidarity with the legacy humans who will never get a chance to live forever. Too bad it's all a complicated web of lies. Worse, Eli's not even entirely human. Few know about the ascenders' genetic experiments that left him... different. Fewer know about the unearthly fugue state that creates his transcendent art-as well as a bridge that lets him speak to the dead. But the Resistance is the one place he can hide from the ascender who knows everything the fugue can do. Because if Marcus finds him, he'll either use Eli for his own nefarious purposes... or destroy him once and for all.

MY TAKE
Another great story in this series. The characters are just as "real" in this book as the first. We know them better now and are more emotionally attached. The concept of spirituality is explored even deeper, along with fanaticism and its ugliness.

Eli continues to find his strengths and to grow. At his core, he's just a kid with a great heart. He's kind of like Harry Potter with his "saving people" thing and his willingness to sacrifice for them if he needs to.

This particular book has a lot of jerking around that happens. Eli's grabbed by one faction only to be taken by another and then ripped back or found by an even weirder group. A lot of jerking around. It felt very much like he was the rope in a tug of war.

I listened to the audiobook. I'm a huge fan of this narrator.

[Lisa Hapney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always forget and have to add that I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

I don’t read a lot of young adult fiction, but I have to admit Susan Kaye Quinn’s Singularity series has captured and kept my attention. Ms. Quinn is a skillful writer whose characters come alive on the page. The story is complex and riveting.

This is the second book in the Singularity series and I cannot wait to read the third one. I enjoy this series so much that I chose it as my book to recover with after surgery and was not disappointed. It’s taken me awhile to heal up to write the review, but I very much enjoyed the story. It was a great distraction.

For those that aren’t familiar with the series, Elijah Brighton is a legacy human in a world where technology has advanced to a level where humans are able to ascend into mechanical bodies that allow them to essentially live forever. He was an experiment by some of the ascended, which makes him both valuable and dangerous.

This book follows Eli on his adventure to determine his true purpose and help protect his friends and family from those who fear Eli’s potential and what his capabilities mean for those who are already ascended. Eli and his companions are thrust into a dangerous war between the ascended that leads them on a virtually non-stop quest filled with danger and adventure.

There’s a lot going in this series and it’s difficult to spell it out without giving away too much of the story beyond the book description. Overall this story is about what it means to be human and what makes us love and fight to protect those closest to us. In essence, the spirit or soul is at the forefront of this story. The author does a great job of keeping it balanced and not too far down the religious path. If anything, Eli is on a spiritual journey not a religious one.

I thoroughly enjoyed this installment in the series and am looking forward to the next one. I would suggest it for anyone who enjoys a well thought out story. There’s plenty of action as well as thoughts to ponder. An intelligent series for anyone who enjoys a good story. A great story to share if you have young adults you want to share a story experience with.

Coming soon a review of some new short stories from Nicholas Rossis and other books that I read during recovery. I probably have more reviews to write than my followers care to read in one week so I’ll try to spread it out a bit. Happy reading.

[S.A. Larsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our first peek into book II is fraught with tension as Elijah and the legacy humans' fight for independence and right to 'life' continues. But it does more than simply continue. This sequel thrusts Eli into his new self, the self he knew nothing about in book I. Family and friends are put in harms way. The Resistance is jeopardized. His 'weirdness' is even called into question and suspected of making him a traitor. All of which forces Eli to come to terms with who he is, how he was created, and decide whether he's man enough to battle against what his true nature was intended for.

The world created is genuine. There's a tangibility about it that is truly plausible; as you read you can feel it. The characters are so invested in it that nothing else seems to have existed. Unique terminology breaths more life into the world of legacy humans and ascenders - the ascenders who have a unified home or connection base, where all ascenders cognitions link. Think telepathy, but with downloading and storage capabilities. Words and phrases such as holo grid, nanites, bodyforms, and mechanized military sentries color each page.

Now I'm not a huge sci fi buff, but there was enough emotional material, enough character development that bridged any gap of speculation I had before reading. Action-packed scenarios of internal emotions conflict with outward operations and decisions. Camouflaged convictions twist outward choices. Threatens lives. And as Eli grows more in tune with his purposes, his 'ability' to tap into what some feel is a true connection with God, his already complicated world goes haywire.

One aspect I really enjoyed was how the author didn't necessarily separate science and God. Not religion, but the theme that a higher power has a hand in everything and all, even science. The idea that there is more. A hinged connection is created throughout the story that makes one ponder human existence and what's after. Then again, just like in real life, there are those radicals whose beliefs extend beyond any godly mercy, which begs more questions about a higher creator, what lies beyond these ascenders, and what Eli can really tap into.

If you're looking for a tale to sweep you into another world all while peeling away layers of its characters' to reveal hopes and dreams, fears and dangers, than this book - and the entire series - is absolutely for you.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished reading this book a couple weeks ago now, and I kept putting off writing the review because I wanted to do it justice. I wanted to express how this series has made me feel, and I wanted to appropriately press upon readers that they should also give it a chance. But the thing is... time doesn't seem to be making more articulate. So here goes nothing!

Duality Bridge is the second in the series, so if you haven't had a chance to read The Legacy Human, go do that now! The story continues where it left off, with the same characters that we have grown to love, but now, you won't know whether you can still trust them. The seeds of doubt have been sown! Everyone seems to have a hidden agenda, with no hint as to how far they are willing to go to protect their interests.

Duality Bridge is a much broader story than the first book. Whereas The Legacy Human was mostly Eli's story, his quest to ascend in order to save his mother, the second book expands to what has been happening with the Resistance and beyond. The world just got a whole lot bigger! I had been so amazed at the world building in the first book, but now, I'm speechless... I see how narrow my imagination was, how completely unprepared I was. The anticipation I feel for book three, The Illusory Prophet, is impossible to describe. How much larger can this story get?!

Duality Bridge will make you think, or more specifically, it will make you OVER think. I mean that in the best way possible. You will ponder your religious beliefs, and debate the benefits of scientific advancement. This book will make you question everything you thought you knew, and that's something that we should all do before plunging headlong into anything, especially artificial intelligence. It reminded me of a certain quote from Jurassic Park.

"...your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."


A copy of this book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

[Rachel Barnard · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a duality inside you, and the merging of those two sides is your calling, Eli. (Kindle Locations 2802-2803).

“It means that you represent the possibility of more in a world very carefully balanced on the idea that more does not exist.” (Kindle Locations 3855-3856).
Elija Brighton now knows who he is and what his purpose was to be according to the faction of Ascenders who wanted to know whether they had souls, but what he doesn’t know is how he’s supposed to be the bridge or answer this question. He’s the face of the Human Resistance and the one concept that will create chaos among Ascenders if he really is the ‘prophet’ people think he could be. He is important. He must discover himself, what he can do and answer their questions and his own before he is captured or killed or worse.

Marcus gets more in this book. Where we thought of him as singularly focused on his own purpose and incapable of being helpful, now we see him as furthering a different set of goals for the greater good of Ascenders, not just himself.

Eli has really developed into the persona, the Bridge, the unlikely and unprepared hero with the superpower that gives the book out of this world action and out of this world adventure and tension. Eli was a bumbling legacy human in book one that slowly came to terms with who he was and what he could do and in book two he embraces himself and furthers his abilities, realizing he serves a greater purpose than simply living his own life. He is still Eli, but he is also enlightened and wise.

Kamali also came into her own in this book. Before she seemed to be a reactive character, thrust into situations and not able to make her own decisions. Now she chooses to help. Now she chooses to be with Eli. Now she is part of his world and the world of the rebellion and the great question and answer that Eli embodies.

The only person I would have liked to see more of is Cyrus, he kind of drops off the radar in this book, gets left behind for most of the action and is not focused on by the narrator except for fleeting comic relief and to remind us that he still exists.

[Anna Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picking up where The Legacy Human left off, Elijah Brighton poses as the new face of the Human Resistance Movement - but he's only planning to stick around until his mother is fully healed. The ascender Marcus is hunting him down and Eli doesn't want the Resistance to be penalised on his behalf. Besides, there's a rumour of a spy in the camp and Eli don't know who to trust any more. Even worse, the more he discovers about the fugue state and about himself, the more complicated and confusing things get.

The Duality Bridge is absorbingly fast paced. There's a sense of urgency as Eli races against time to discover who - or what - he really is and the extent of things he can accomplish in that unearthly fugue state. Is he the promised saviour the believers are looking for? Is he really the bridge that the Ascenders who created him were trying to make? Or is he just a failed not-quite-human experiment who is experiencing strange things because of what was done to him?

Quinn hasn't lost sight of the original question yet - the question of your soul - but it looks like we will have to wait for book 3 to find her answer.

* I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

[Lisa (Bookworm Lisa) · Rating 4 out of 5]

***4.5 stars***

This is the second book in the Singularity series. If you haven't read The Legacy Human, I highly recommend reading it first before you begin this one. The concepts in the story are complex and in order to grasp them, it is best to start at the beginning.

Eli is now part of the rebels cause. He is one of the faces used rally the humans and those against the ruling ascenders. His life is valuable to all factions. The government wants him to use as a tool. He is the bridge between the humans and the ascenders.

In this book Eli is beginning to understand and control his gifts. He is learning how he can use them to help stop the coming war and destruction. Many do not trust him, he doesn't trust himself. He is unsure exactly where his loyalties lie. He understands that he can change things to help humanity.

Once again, Susan Kaye Quinn has done an excellent job. She knows how to write a wonderful story. I think it would be interesting to sit down with her and find out how her mind works to come up with fascinating stories full of science fiction. Her stories deal with powers of the mind. They are cautionary stories of technology run amok.

The book contains violence, kissing, and innuendo.

[Myrthe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Find my original review on my blog

As you know, I was very excited to continue this series, though also a bit hesitant, because all the reviews I’d seen were so terribly positive. It can’t all be perfect, right? No, it can’t, though it’s close. As in the first book, the characters are complicated, all with their own agendas and plans. I love this, because it makes the plot more complicated and intriguing. It’s fun trying to figure out who wants what and why.

There were only two things I felt were missing, especially in comparison to the first book. Firstly, there’s a lack of action. Sure, a lot is still going on, but most of it happens in Eli’s head, or the fugue state, not in reality as the rest of the people know it. Secondly, a lot of people we got to know in the first book only have tiny roles in this book. I would’ve loved for them to play a bigger part in the story, instead of all the ascenders.

Nonetheless, the story was great and I plan to continue with the next book once it comes out.

[Emma Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was excited to read the sequel to The Legacy Human, one of the most captivating YA sci-fi novels I've read. The Duality Bridge picks up where the first book left off, and once again, I was hooked from page one. Eli struggles with the aftermath of discovering he's something other than human--or ascender, the advanced human-machine hybrids created in the Singularity. The worldbuilding in this series is complex yet completely engaging. The series flawlessly combines thought-provoking ideas with a breathtaking pace and three-dimensional characters. I'm thoroughly invested in this series!

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very strong follow up to the first book. It went in directions I did not expect. The mixture of themes (technology and spiritually) worked very well. There is a part of me that is a little embarrassed to me getting into young adult fiction at my age. But I think I am in this for the long haul. I am looking forward to the next installment in the series.

[One Man Book Club · Rating 4 out of 5]

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The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained

Ah, the treasure hunt.

I'm a dork, I know.

It's just that there are few things as satisfying in the reading word than finding an unknown story that deserves to be told.

The Singularity series was a fun discovery, and Susan Kaye Quinn's awesome concept for speculative fiction definitely deserves a bigger audience.

100 years ago The Singularity happened. Extraterrestrial nanite tech transformed us into machine/human hybrids. Now we're stronger, smarter, faster--better.

Humanity ascended.

Except for the few legacy humans, kept around at the mercy of the Ascended as carriers of the original human DNA. The Legacies live in Ascended-approve cities, and live to serve their ascended betters. Their only chance at a better life? Win a gold medal at the Olympics, where humans compete in the Ascender-like categories like art, dance, and storytelling. The gold medalists and their families get to ascend and get everything you ever dreamed. Immortality. Perfect health. Flawless beauty. The combined knowledge of the world.

Only one question remains: do the Ascended have a soul?

The human resistance doesn't think so.

I enjoyed this story! It's got great action, a cool concept, and enough to make me want to read more.

No language, a bit of fighting violence, no sex, some romance. Heavy religious themes.

Appropriate for 14 and up.

Happy Reading!

[Diana Hurwitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all of Susan Kaye Quinn's books. She has well-crafted characters, fascinating story worlds, and plots that keep you on the edge of your seat. All six books in the Mindjack series, her Debt Collector series and her bollypunk Royals of Dharia were all devoured in one day, two at most. She has excellent story worlds, strong character, and plots that keep you turning pages.

In the Legacy Human we met Elijah Brighton who lives in a post singularity world where humans want to upgrade to AI hybrids. In Book 2, The Duality Bridge, the battle continues. Eli is now part of the resistance. He still wants to ascend but finds he is something more than human. Highly recommend the entire Singularity series as well as the novellas. Quinn is a master story teller. Book 3 is The Illusory Profit, and Book 4 is the The Last Mystic.

[Tom King · Rating 4 out of 5]

More of a 3.5 really, but didn't want to drop it down to a 3.

Not as good as the first IMO, it feels a bit all-over-the-gaff, but it's still a decent little read.

It had a couple of fairly heavy info chapters, but overall it followed the first in the way it drip fed information at a fairly steady rate, so that's a plus.

Some moments were just bat-shit like, what in the hell sort of moments, where it almost feels like you're reading two completely different sections of books that shouldn't be next to each other - but in a way it does show some of the extremes of the in-book universe so not necessarily bad.

One of the betrayals was pretty crazy. When you find out about them being a loon, it's pretty nuts.

Was a little boring how often capturing and liberating happened within one book, but I'll see how it progresses.

And damn the end was just kinda insane. Good way tho.

[Kitty_ranma · Rating 5 out of 5]

audio version. This continued seamlessly, it still has teen angst and a little crushing but it's not so much as in the first book. I couldn't stop listening I cleaned all day yesterday listening to it.
The narration really brings the story to life.
This audiobook was given to me for free at my request from the publisher or author or narrator and I provided this voluntary review.
Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Action-packedEasy-to-readEntertainingGreat world buildingOriginalPage-turnerWhimsicalWonderful characters

[susan graham · Rating 1 out of 5]

Regret purchasing this book

This is a ridiculous mess of a plot. The first volumn was very good but the author went to a place of unbelievable messed up and hard to follow plot in book two. If you could even call it a plot. I will not purchase the other books. This is a complete mess and ridiculous to attempt to follow what's supposed to be going on. I'm beyond done with this series. It's a shame because the first book is what prompted me to purchase the second in this series. I just regret I can't return it for a refund.

[Paula Cadle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second installment begins right where the first leaves off. Elijah is an unwilling collaborator in the Resistance to assure his mother receives the life-saving care she needs. All major characters follow into this book. Elijah is also learning how to use and access his so-called fugue state to keep all those he cares about (human and otherwise) alive and functioning. It got a little old with the constant catch and release, but the end gives a satisfying next step. Still a good story!

[Roger]

The Duality Bridge: Singularity, Book 2, my fifth read from author Susan Kaye Quinn. Reminiscent in ways of The Hunger Games or Divergent. Nick Podehl's narration made the 10-hour 44-minute tale pass quickly. I look forward to The Illusory Prophet, Singularity 3). I was given an Authors Direct copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

[Apollo Lefay · Rating 2 out of 5]

After a long time I decided to not finish this book. It has some really amazing moments but others were okay at best.
I stopped reading because honestly, it's pretty forgettable.
I forgot I owned this book multiple times or just forgot what happened after a few hours of not reading. And that sucks because I loved book one.
I might try again in the future

[Samantha Becken · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok...

I loved the previous book... this one took me a really long time to finish. There was not enough going on to keep me interested until the end but even then I skimmed the last 10% of the book.

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

the sequel is even better than the first! on to number 3!

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes! Even better than the first one! Great story! I highly recommend.

[Tracey T · Rating 2 out of 5]

Almost gave up partway through, but the story picked up a bit and the rest was better.
Not invested enough in the story or characters to continue on with the series.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

when science and spirituality (religion) clash in the aspect of defining "what" and if ascenders have a soul.