Age Defiant

by Anthony R. Case

Human reproduction is by permit only due to global overpopulation many years after the aging process was successfully halted. Prennia Lumis lives roughly a century after this golden era of life extension. Trouble has never found her before, but after a unexpected promotion and new job assignment, her life is forever altered and she finds herself on the wrong side of the law due to no fault of her own. To what lengths will she go to make things right?

331 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2020

Reviews

[Christine Cazeneuve · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

A very interesting concept but the execution was somewhat off. It felt hurried alot of times and then slow crawled at others. I did enjoy the exotic locations and descriptions of what they looked like in the future. I liked the characters but their connections to each other were hard to accept due to the fact that there wasn't enough development of them. This book would have had a better chance if it had a steadier pace.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Won this book in a giveaway.... set in the future...where birth is prohibited and the remaining population takes life extension medication that prevents the human aging process. A world where only the rich can get the medication. A little mind bending but very entertaining!

[Sherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I appreciate the opportunity to read and review the Kindle version of this book through a Goodreads giveaway.

2.5 stars grudgingly rounded up. This novel uses themes of oppression, false utopia, exploitation of the poor, environmental destruction, and rebellion against a totalitarian state (in this case a corporate entity) that are common to dystopian literature in a way that might be slightly innovative, but suffers from the absence of an editor, or apparently even a second reading. Wrong words, sloppy sentence construction, and continuity errors detract from what was already a slog of a story line. This concept could have been compelling as a more tightly written novella.

[Joshua Blum · Rating 3 out of 5]

My thanks to the author and publisher for the Giveaway :)

I really enjoyed the story; it was fresh and inspired. Unfortunately, the pacing felt a bit rushed, and not in a "suspense" sort of way. The character interactions didn't feel natural and I feel like I was missing chapters of character and story development.

Overall, the novel was entertaining and worth the read.

[John Boctor · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book has an intereting concept. Unfortunately that's where the good ends. In a world where immortality can be purchased as an annual procedure, the poor die naturally and the rich live forever. But both the poor and the rich here are charcters that are hard to believe are real people. None of them are likable and the interactions between them all fall flat. The romance is forced and uninspired as well. On top of that the book is chock full of spelling and grammatical errors.

[Candie · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were some things that I enjoyed about this book, such as it being fast paced and had characters that you could root for. There were also things that annoyed me, such as being so fast paced that I felt there was something missing and all of the errors throughout the entire book. I'm not sure if there was a proofreader but I found that all of the errors actually distracted from the story and made it less enjoyable.

[Kayla Julius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super interesting concept of “immortality” and it’s social and economic impacts. I especially liked the spin on the governments control over birth. Overall I liked the idea, but the plot felt slow in some places and far too fast in others. This is an intriguing world that I would enjoy spending more time learning about!