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Doomware #2
Holohive
Having escaped the clutches of the Acybernetic Initiative, David Lawney finds himself on a small island off the coast of southern England. But now zombies may be the least of his worries. All indications point towards irresistible forces massing against him and the adoptive son he has sworn to protect.
Soon David comes to a stark realisation: protecting the boy – along with what remains of the human race – means going on a mission to assassinate Holohive, the artificial intelligence whose virus decimated humankind. But Holohive is no easy target. It has started a new empire, expanding its race to include lethal androids capable of tearing human beings apart.
What David faces is a virtual suicide mission, but it’s one he seems destined to embark upon whether he wants to or not.
The sequel to the novel Doomware.
Soon David comes to a stark realisation: protecting the boy – along with what remains of the human race – means going on a mission to assassinate Holohive, the artificial intelligence whose virus decimated humankind. But Holohive is no easy target. It has started a new empire, expanding its race to include lethal androids capable of tearing human beings apart.
What David faces is a virtual suicide mission, but it’s one he seems destined to embark upon whether he wants to or not.
The sequel to the novel Doomware.
337 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 26, 2019
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April 6, 2019
The first book, Doomware, was a great book. Holohive was better. Doomware has to be read first to get any sense out of Holohive. The 2 books are set in a world where brainware was installed in humans to give them control over their bodies; where everyone is handsome or pretty; where life doesn't end. Except for some humans, whose bodies rejected the brainware. After a virus sweeps through the brainware of most of the earth's population, most people are killed outright or turned into zombies. The hero of the story is David, who grew up without brainware and experienced the discrimination that's typically cast on someone who's different. Holohive continues right where Doomware left off. This was the kind of book I wanted to finish right away and the kind that I didn't want to finish because i didn't want it to end so quickly.
March 1, 2022
I had issues with the structure of 'Doomware', but found the basic scenario sufficiently engaging that I wanted to read this, the sequel.
Alas, the structural issues here are as bad, if not worse, and the scenario does not develop in a manner that I found very satisfying. There are a lot of "here's a sudden 'unexpected' development! and now it is resolved!" back-to-back moments, and a number of things happen that lack any context or real purpose other than (presumably) the author thought they would be cool in the moment.
A bit disappointing.
Alas, the structural issues here are as bad, if not worse, and the scenario does not develop in a manner that I found very satisfying. There are a lot of "here's a sudden 'unexpected' development! and now it is resolved!" back-to-back moments, and a number of things happen that lack any context or real purpose other than (presumably) the author thought they would be cool in the moment.
A bit disappointing.
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