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Prime Infinity
A miracle of science and medicine is achieved by Dr. Vincent Rivera in the development of Reincarbonation. His desperate attempts to save a child leapfrog science forward, but spell the beginning of mankind's demise. Death becomes optional as Reincarbonation transplants a patient's old soul into a new, healthy cloned body. The success of the operation leads to a worldwide cry for help creating the desperate need for funding. Vanity steps in and the desire of the rich to be young again provides the needed funds. Eventually Reincarbonation is militarized which starts the beginning of the end. What was started by the altruistic Dr. Rivera soon becomes the ruling corporation in the world, "The Board", who seizes control over all the re-soldiers - along with every nation on the globe. A resistance is born in hopes of overthrowing "The Board". Enlisting the help of Dr. Rivera., who is afflicted with nightmares and flashbacks as he fights with the rebellious group to overthrow "The Board", the truth slowly unravels as the rebels makes one final, desperate attempt to bring the world back to sanity. Ricky Dragoni is originally from Puerto Rico but has spent half his life in the United States. His true passions are writing and cooking, and his favorite authors include Edgar Allan Poe and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From an early age, Ricky started writing poetry and short stories. Dragoni's books are born out of his nightmares and melded with his life experiences. Describing his books as reality sprinkled with a magical dose of faerie dust, Ricky hopes his books will be entertaining, but will also thought provoking for the reader.
110 pages, Paperback
Published April 15, 2017
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Ricky Dragoni
5 books60 followersI am originally from Puerto Rico but have spent half of my life in the United States. My true passions are writing and cooking. My favorite authors include Edgar Allan Poe and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. From an early age I started writing poetry and short stories. My books are born out of the nightmares of my mind and melded with my life experiences. I would describe my books as reality sprinkled with a good magical dose of faerie dust. I hope my books can be entertaining but will also make the reader think.
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October 29, 2019
A science fiction story about a small group attempting to resist against a corporation that has enabled a scientific achievement to go off the rails and become militarized. However, first the main person who can help them needs to remember…everything.
Audio Book Review:
If there is anything that became crystal clear while listening to this audio book it was this: this narrator loves doing this job. The author has a way of writing dialogue and character internal thoughts so that it sounds very conversational or in such a manner as what an actual person might think or say. The narrator, Steve Castello, knows exactly how to make each phrase and internal conversation sound so incredibly natural. So natural that it seems as if the narrator himself is providing his own thoughts and commentary and not reading from the book.
At the beginning of the story our main character wakes up with several individuals around him, but has no clue who they are or who they are to him. What I found was that when I listened to this particular audio book in only a few, short minutes at a time that what occurred was that I would get a little lost in the story. The main character does know not anything or the other characters around him – therefore the listener doesn’t either. Then, you stop listening only to come back to it later but you (and he ) still don’t know anything and have no reference points – yet. For this reason, I would definitely recommend attempting to listen to the beginning of the story in longer segments than I did. At least, until you feel like you have a good foothold in the story. Once I realized this and found time to do it the story became more cohesive to me and I was able to enjoy it more since I wasn’t required to have to replay certain parts over again.
One of the initial things that has stood out to me since the first time I heard the narrator in The Swift was his deep voice. However, even with this deep voice he is able to give a higher-pitched and soft touch to the female characters and then on the other end of the spectrum he can apparently go even lower like he does with the character ‘D.’
If there are any negative things that stand out in the book it was the overuse of ‘baby’ by Kate and the ongoing acknowledgement of the Greek Goddess’s female anatomy parts that the main character liked. However, I suspect that the continual use of the term ‘baby’ probably reads better than how it came across in the audio book. As for the Greek Goddess, I know had to replay certain parts to get caught-up when I had been away from the book for too long and got double-the dose of the phrases that were annoying me in regards to her. But the narrators exuberance at times with the female body part didn’t sit well with me. At this point in time, I have finished the story and although the overuse of terms, such as Kate, make much more sense now, I still have issues with them.
Overall, the production quality of the audio book was ok – I was able to hear and understand the words when using either my headsets or when driving in the car. The story was engaging, but as I mentioned I did have some confusion at times in the beginning due to only being able to listen at small moments in time.
Rating: 4 stars
Thanks to the author for the reader copy and opportunity to provide an honest review.
Audio Book Review:
If there is anything that became crystal clear while listening to this audio book it was this: this narrator loves doing this job. The author has a way of writing dialogue and character internal thoughts so that it sounds very conversational or in such a manner as what an actual person might think or say. The narrator, Steve Castello, knows exactly how to make each phrase and internal conversation sound so incredibly natural. So natural that it seems as if the narrator himself is providing his own thoughts and commentary and not reading from the book.
At the beginning of the story our main character wakes up with several individuals around him, but has no clue who they are or who they are to him. What I found was that when I listened to this particular audio book in only a few, short minutes at a time that what occurred was that I would get a little lost in the story. The main character does know not anything or the other characters around him – therefore the listener doesn’t either. Then, you stop listening only to come back to it later but you (and he ) still don’t know anything and have no reference points – yet. For this reason, I would definitely recommend attempting to listen to the beginning of the story in longer segments than I did. At least, until you feel like you have a good foothold in the story. Once I realized this and found time to do it the story became more cohesive to me and I was able to enjoy it more since I wasn’t required to have to replay certain parts over again.
One of the initial things that has stood out to me since the first time I heard the narrator in The Swift was his deep voice. However, even with this deep voice he is able to give a higher-pitched and soft touch to the female characters and then on the other end of the spectrum he can apparently go even lower like he does with the character ‘D.’
If there are any negative things that stand out in the book it was the overuse of ‘baby’ by Kate and the ongoing acknowledgement of the Greek Goddess’s female anatomy parts that the main character liked. However, I suspect that the continual use of the term ‘baby’ probably reads better than how it came across in the audio book. As for the Greek Goddess, I know had to replay certain parts to get caught-up when I had been away from the book for too long and got double-the dose of the phrases that were annoying me in regards to her. But the narrators exuberance at times with the female body part didn’t sit well with me. At this point in time, I have finished the story and although the overuse of terms, such as Kate, make much more sense now, I still have issues with them.
Overall, the production quality of the audio book was ok – I was able to hear and understand the words when using either my headsets or when driving in the car. The story was engaging, but as I mentioned I did have some confusion at times in the beginning due to only being able to listen at small moments in time.
Rating: 4 stars
Thanks to the author for the reader copy and opportunity to provide an honest review.
October 5, 2018
“When a human being dies their life energy escapes their corporeal form.”
Puerto Rican born Ricky Dragoni moved to Iowa and writes form there at present. He has been writing poetry and short stories since his youthful days and has published four novels to date – PRIME INFINITY, RIPPLES, THE SWIFT, and THE ANGEL OF A MADMAN. As he states, ‘’My books are born out of the nightmares of my mind and are then melded with my life experiences. I would describe my books as reality sprinkled with a good magical dose of faerie dust, written Surrealism in other words.’
Ricky has that special gift of ferreting out contemporary challenges that at the moment are in the formative stages – IT, technology, medical science, global politics, military maneuvers, reincarnation – and create a story that may be classified as science fiction today, but what about tomorrow – or the near future? That is why he succeeds; take the incredible and make it real for the duration of his story.
The universal desire to have endless life pervades this mystery and the evidence of altered reaction is present as the book opens – ‘With a gasp I sat up. My lungs felt like they had never held such an amount of air. I sat on a bed in a small room. I did not know how I got there, where I was or for that matter when I was. My vision swam from sitting up too fast but after a few breaths everything started to come into focus. For some reason my right hand was being held by two pale delicate hands. As I followed the hands up the arms attached to them was an explosion of freckles and fiery red hair. She looked at me with great kindness and concern. The warmth in her eyes and the joy of my awakening showed me that I must mean something to her, something special. She smiled at me as her eyes watered. In a sweet and gentle voiced she asked “how do you feel baby?” Judging by her age and my apparent size I was not her son. So I must be her...? Significant other? Husband? Bf? Lover? Something in that boat. She asked once more but before I could reply, “We must move”, said a deep manly voice with the sing song accent of the Caribbean. “Give him a minute!” said the beautiful redhead still attached to my right hand. “He is right, we must move” this time it was a female voice with a thick German accent. I had to look over at this cacophony of accents coming from my left; next to a door stood the two sentries. The man was peeking through outdated curtains out the window. He stood, arms exposed, muscles rippling out of his skin. He wore a tight athletic shirt and even under the tight garment his muscles pushed through as if trying to burst out of the shirt. A machine gun of some sort was being wielded in his hands using the tip of it to separate the curtains from the wall as he peaked outside.’
The situation described is explained in the fine little synopsis: ‘A miracle of science and medicine is achieved by Dr. Vincent Rivera in the development of Reincarbonation. His desperate attempts to save a child leapfrog science forward, but spell the beginning of mankind's demise. Death becomes optional as Reincarbonation transplants a patient's old soul into a new, healthy cloned body. The success of the operation leads to a worldwide cry for help creating the desperate need for funding. Vanity steps in and the desire of the rich to be young again provides the needed funds. Eventually Reincarbonation is militarized which starts the beginning of the end. What was started by the altruistic Dr. Rivera soon becomes the ruling corporation in the world, "The Board", who seizes control over all the re-soldiers - along with every nation on the globe. A resistance is born in hopes of overthrowing "The Board". Enlisting the help of Dr. Rivera, who is afflicted with nightmares and flashbacks as he fights with the rebellious group to overthrow "The Board", the truth slowly unravels as the rebels makes one final, desperate attempt to bring the world back to sanity.’
Having read all four of Ricky’s books it is easy to repeat - This is a little miracle of a book, one that defies categorization, but one that indeed satisfies on every level. Watch this fine young writer grow.
Puerto Rican born Ricky Dragoni moved to Iowa and writes form there at present. He has been writing poetry and short stories since his youthful days and has published four novels to date – PRIME INFINITY, RIPPLES, THE SWIFT, and THE ANGEL OF A MADMAN. As he states, ‘’My books are born out of the nightmares of my mind and are then melded with my life experiences. I would describe my books as reality sprinkled with a good magical dose of faerie dust, written Surrealism in other words.’
Ricky has that special gift of ferreting out contemporary challenges that at the moment are in the formative stages – IT, technology, medical science, global politics, military maneuvers, reincarnation – and create a story that may be classified as science fiction today, but what about tomorrow – or the near future? That is why he succeeds; take the incredible and make it real for the duration of his story.
The universal desire to have endless life pervades this mystery and the evidence of altered reaction is present as the book opens – ‘With a gasp I sat up. My lungs felt like they had never held such an amount of air. I sat on a bed in a small room. I did not know how I got there, where I was or for that matter when I was. My vision swam from sitting up too fast but after a few breaths everything started to come into focus. For some reason my right hand was being held by two pale delicate hands. As I followed the hands up the arms attached to them was an explosion of freckles and fiery red hair. She looked at me with great kindness and concern. The warmth in her eyes and the joy of my awakening showed me that I must mean something to her, something special. She smiled at me as her eyes watered. In a sweet and gentle voiced she asked “how do you feel baby?” Judging by her age and my apparent size I was not her son. So I must be her...? Significant other? Husband? Bf? Lover? Something in that boat. She asked once more but before I could reply, “We must move”, said a deep manly voice with the sing song accent of the Caribbean. “Give him a minute!” said the beautiful redhead still attached to my right hand. “He is right, we must move” this time it was a female voice with a thick German accent. I had to look over at this cacophony of accents coming from my left; next to a door stood the two sentries. The man was peeking through outdated curtains out the window. He stood, arms exposed, muscles rippling out of his skin. He wore a tight athletic shirt and even under the tight garment his muscles pushed through as if trying to burst out of the shirt. A machine gun of some sort was being wielded in his hands using the tip of it to separate the curtains from the wall as he peaked outside.’
The situation described is explained in the fine little synopsis: ‘A miracle of science and medicine is achieved by Dr. Vincent Rivera in the development of Reincarbonation. His desperate attempts to save a child leapfrog science forward, but spell the beginning of mankind's demise. Death becomes optional as Reincarbonation transplants a patient's old soul into a new, healthy cloned body. The success of the operation leads to a worldwide cry for help creating the desperate need for funding. Vanity steps in and the desire of the rich to be young again provides the needed funds. Eventually Reincarbonation is militarized which starts the beginning of the end. What was started by the altruistic Dr. Rivera soon becomes the ruling corporation in the world, "The Board", who seizes control over all the re-soldiers - along with every nation on the globe. A resistance is born in hopes of overthrowing "The Board". Enlisting the help of Dr. Rivera, who is afflicted with nightmares and flashbacks as he fights with the rebellious group to overthrow "The Board", the truth slowly unravels as the rebels makes one final, desperate attempt to bring the world back to sanity.’
Having read all four of Ricky’s books it is easy to repeat - This is a little miracle of a book, one that defies categorization, but one that indeed satisfies on every level. Watch this fine young writer grow.
February 23, 2016
X X Ricky Dragoni gifted me an uncorrected ARC pdf copy of his Prime Infinity in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, Mr. Dragoni, for sharing your hard work with me.
This is an excellent SF novel. The protagonists are empathetic and well rounded, the story line is paced well and the mystery is well hidden until the last possible moment. A lot of thought and planning went to the presentation of this tale, and it shows. This is an author I will follow.
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This is an excellent SF novel. The protagonists are empathetic and well rounded, the story line is paced well and the mystery is well hidden until the last possible moment. A lot of thought and planning went to the presentation of this tale, and it shows. This is an author I will follow.
I was not able to post this review on Amazon today.
August 24, 2020
I listened to this book on Audible. As usual Ricky Dragoni has such an unique way of writing. His style is literally a work of art. He doesn’t give away too much and yet doesn’t make the wait to find out what is happening a tedious task.
The narrator is absolutely brilliant too. He brings the characters to life and is an absolute pleasure to listen too. His narration is emotional and drew me in. He is one of my favourite narrators and coupled with one of my favourite authors~this is a fantastic experience. I really don’t understand why Ricky Dragoni isn’t a best seller. His books are worthy of that title.
The narrator is absolutely brilliant too. He brings the characters to life and is an absolute pleasure to listen too. His narration is emotional and drew me in. He is one of my favourite narrators and coupled with one of my favourite authors~this is a fantastic experience. I really don’t understand why Ricky Dragoni isn’t a best seller. His books are worthy of that title.
June 4, 2017
Love an author that can grab my full attention and keep me page after page till the very end and still wanting more. Ricky Dragoni is definitely one of those authors. Love the twists and turns his books take and his ability to make you feel like you are seeing everything through the eyes of the characters. After reading just two of his books he is right up there with King and Koontz at being one of the best in my book!! Anxiously awaiting his next twisted tale!
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