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The Sorting
First they brought in the dupe. Then she disappeared.
One year ago, Veda Powell's sister—a clone designed for combat—was selected for the first trial of Sicora Online. At some point Veda's sister was swapped out, and the person who came back wasn't Prairie.
Such is a clone’s life: they live and die quietly. And they are easily replaced. No one noticed—except Veda.
Six months later, the note arrived in Braille. Just one word: "Mayday." Help. Veda knew her real sister was still alive.
Eighteen-year-old Veda isn't a gamer, and as a blind clone she definitely doesn't have Prairie's physical prowess. She manages small-time fast food AI, servicing kiosks in a world without color. But she doesn't have a choice: she has to survive long enough inside the ever-shifting world of Sicora to find Prairie.
And that means Veda's got to toughen up.
The Sorting is Book 1 in the Sicora Online series.
One year ago, Veda Powell's sister—a clone designed for combat—was selected for the first trial of Sicora Online. At some point Veda's sister was swapped out, and the person who came back wasn't Prairie.
Such is a clone’s life: they live and die quietly. And they are easily replaced. No one noticed—except Veda.
Six months later, the note arrived in Braille. Just one word: "Mayday." Help. Veda knew her real sister was still alive.
Eighteen-year-old Veda isn't a gamer, and as a blind clone she definitely doesn't have Prairie's physical prowess. She manages small-time fast food AI, servicing kiosks in a world without color. But she doesn't have a choice: she has to survive long enough inside the ever-shifting world of Sicora to find Prairie.
And that means Veda's got to toughen up.
The Sorting is Book 1 in the Sicora Online series.
- GenresScience Fiction
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2018
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April 20, 2018
Being blind myself, I was hesitant to try this book, because inevidably, writers get it wrong. Either the blind character is a super hero with super hearing, or the are completely helpless, and used as nothing more than a morality lesson. I assure that blind folks are just like everyone else, and just like everyone else, 99 percent of blind people are somewhere between these extremes. Thankfully, most of the story got it right, of course making her see in the game removed the need to get it right during those parts, which is no doubt why it wasn't all that bad. As a result the story actually worked pretty well, and I honestly enjoyed it. The story is a good one, and I will likely read more in the series.
August 11, 2018
Heartwarming and Fresh
This story is so heartwarming from the perspective of sibling love and trust. And when it comes to the game, I absolutely adore the change of pace that is the quasi battle Royale/survival theme. I also really enjoyed the fact that some things are obvious, others are not, and there’s enough mystery left over to want to see what happens next without too many loose ends left hanging.
100% going to read the next one. This book was worth every penny.
(My only complaint would be the length! It felt short even though it wasn’t! I wanted to read until I knew everything. But I am super glad the author didn’t rush the story or the progression of events.)
This story is so heartwarming from the perspective of sibling love and trust. And when it comes to the game, I absolutely adore the change of pace that is the quasi battle Royale/survival theme. I also really enjoyed the fact that some things are obvious, others are not, and there’s enough mystery left over to want to see what happens next without too many loose ends left hanging.
100% going to read the next one. This book was worth every penny.
(My only complaint would be the length! It felt short even though it wasn’t! I wanted to read until I knew everything. But I am super glad the author didn’t rush the story or the progression of events.)
July 17, 2018
On her path to save her sister, Veda has to fight not only her own mind conditioning, society who does not grant her the same status as natural born humans. But she also has to compete in a game that is designed to kill the combatants. If that is not enough, nasty player killer make it all the more deadly.
The story is not about heroically jumping into fights. Heroes die. This is a story about survival, surviving the environment and the numerous hostile combatants and creatures in them.
I love female leads and am a fan of support characters, so I am a bit biased when I say I liked it.
The writing style was solid and the story kept me interested until the end. I am really curious how will continue.
The story is not about heroically jumping into fights. Heroes die. This is a story about survival, surviving the environment and the numerous hostile combatants and creatures in them.
I love female leads and am a fan of support characters, so I am a bit biased when I say I liked it.
The writing style was solid and the story kept me interested until the end. I am really curious how will continue.
December 1, 2019
1. Evil game company - check
2. Sarcastic AI prompts - check
3. "Forced to play" - check
I'm losing count of how many times I've read this. The book gets a bit of a boost for the interesting clone stuff, but loses some again for how bad a game this'd be to play.
2. Sarcastic AI prompts - check
3. "Forced to play" - check
I'm losing count of how many times I've read this. The book gets a bit of a boost for the interesting clone stuff, but loses some again for how bad a game this'd be to play.
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