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Over
Will a forbidden love tear the world apart... ...or can it be used to heal the deep divide? In the middle of the twenty-second century, with the world finally recovering, the love of a young immortal Over and a rebel Under threatens to change the fate of Humanity. As our civilization's future hangs in the balance, an all-knowing AI launches her own plans for the future of mankind. * * * * An intriguing and thought-provoking story about the separation of society that occurs when a small subset of humanity becomes immortal. Cultures collide and the world splits into Overs, who control too much, and Unders, who must fight for freedom. Now, an AI must make use of the forbidden love of two desperate souls to save humankind.
322 pages, Hardcover
Published April 5, 2016
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April 28, 2017
Over reads like a young adult sci-fi novel - fast paced, easy to follow, full of action. It could easily be a movie someday and the plot, while closed, left room for a sequel or parallel story. There are so many varied elements, but all are interwoven seamlessly. AI consciousness, population control, environmental disaster, FTL space travel. For an easily accessible dystopian novel based on current events, it works well, and is well worth a read.
April 6, 2022
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
My review title might sound flippant, but honestly? I was still deep in that blissful bookworm state of 'what happens next?' right up to the last pages of this excellent story.
This is science fiction that's well-grounded in high tech, but never lets you forget that everything always comes down to a human level - our passions, flaws, strengths, and weaknesses are the real driving forces behind our actions.
A premise as ambitious as the discovery of a cure for death could easily turn into a boring utopian existence. But, we're saved from that by the always-scheming 'Overs' - immortal humans who are determined to save mankind from itself. They hoard their cure for death, along with other medical and technological advances, only releasing it in trickles as they see fit to a society they feel they must guide and govern as if they were children.
Human nature being what it is, though, there are 'Unders' who desperately want what the Overs have and are willing to turn terrorist to get their hands on it. Both sides are absolutely convinced that they are acting for the greater good of the human race.
And then there's that AI... what's her end-game, anyway?
Laced throughout this tension-filled scenario is the sweet love story of an Under boy and an Over girl. But this isn't as simple as the cliché 'wrong side of the tracks loves a richie' scenario that's played out in so many stories (and John Hughes movies). What starts as an intimate, private affair sets off a series of events that leads to a redefining of humanity's future, on Earth and beyond.
I enjoyed the book immensely, and will even admit that I read it more slowly than I would normally read a novel. I was savoring the craftsmanship, or to use one of my favorite terms, the wordsmithery. Curley's use of language gives us a firm grasp of a world that's been broken and is trying to get back on its feet. The action takes us from not-so-bad-off Denver Colorado, to a horrific, hopeless version of Los Angeles, to a Sri Lanka like we've never seen before... but may have dreamed of.
I am eagerly looking forward to reading the sequel.
My thanks to author Sean P. Curley for providing me with a review copy of this book. This review is my honest and unbiased opinion.
My review title might sound flippant, but honestly? I was still deep in that blissful bookworm state of 'what happens next?' right up to the last pages of this excellent story.
This is science fiction that's well-grounded in high tech, but never lets you forget that everything always comes down to a human level - our passions, flaws, strengths, and weaknesses are the real driving forces behind our actions.
A premise as ambitious as the discovery of a cure for death could easily turn into a boring utopian existence. But, we're saved from that by the always-scheming 'Overs' - immortal humans who are determined to save mankind from itself. They hoard their cure for death, along with other medical and technological advances, only releasing it in trickles as they see fit to a society they feel they must guide and govern as if they were children.
Human nature being what it is, though, there are 'Unders' who desperately want what the Overs have and are willing to turn terrorist to get their hands on it. Both sides are absolutely convinced that they are acting for the greater good of the human race.
And then there's that AI... what's her end-game, anyway?
Laced throughout this tension-filled scenario is the sweet love story of an Under boy and an Over girl. But this isn't as simple as the cliché 'wrong side of the tracks loves a richie' scenario that's played out in so many stories (and John Hughes movies). What starts as an intimate, private affair sets off a series of events that leads to a redefining of humanity's future, on Earth and beyond.
I enjoyed the book immensely, and will even admit that I read it more slowly than I would normally read a novel. I was savoring the craftsmanship, or to use one of my favorite terms, the wordsmithery. Curley's use of language gives us a firm grasp of a world that's been broken and is trying to get back on its feet. The action takes us from not-so-bad-off Denver Colorado, to a horrific, hopeless version of Los Angeles, to a Sri Lanka like we've never seen before... but may have dreamed of.
I am eagerly looking forward to reading the sequel.
My thanks to author Sean P. Curley for providing me with a review copy of this book. This review is my honest and unbiased opinion.
August 19, 2022
Over
by Sean P. Curley
An outstanding first try at creating a reason beyond environmental collapse for human exploration of space. The book shows the divergence of society form the haves (Overs) to the have nots (Unders). The whole of society is divided by economic, political, social, and spiritual separation. The Overs are a select set of people given almost immortality. the Unders are those hot given the treatments that will make them immortals. The problem is that with long life, there is more influence, more wealth, because you can plan for centuries instead of day to day. Its a great have have not social experiment in the book. But as most of these there are cracks in the system, not everyone agrees with it. The Romeo and Juliet of the society have to struggle to accept their differences and when they do Mr. Curley, turns the tides on the reader. Death not love will send people to space, and people will find hope in historical love. Great concept. Going to start the second book in the series soon.
by Sean P. Curley
An outstanding first try at creating a reason beyond environmental collapse for human exploration of space. The book shows the divergence of society form the haves (Overs) to the have nots (Unders). The whole of society is divided by economic, political, social, and spiritual separation. The Overs are a select set of people given almost immortality. the Unders are those hot given the treatments that will make them immortals. The problem is that with long life, there is more influence, more wealth, because you can plan for centuries instead of day to day. Its a great have have not social experiment in the book. But as most of these there are cracks in the system, not everyone agrees with it. The Romeo and Juliet of the society have to struggle to accept their differences and when they do Mr. Curley, turns the tides on the reader. Death not love will send people to space, and people will find hope in historical love. Great concept. Going to start the second book in the series soon.
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