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5 Clones
When the United States permanently closes all of its borders to immigration, and expels all "nonnatives" from the country in a furor of Nationalism and Isolationism, California secedes from the Union to form its own independent nation.
In the midst of this chaos, Dan and his 5 Clones - his physical replic, created in a federal lab to be low intelligence farm laborers - attempt to secretly enter the new California Independent Republic, becoming enmeshed in a struggle to find and secure a new technology that could save, or destroy the world.
But are Dan's 5 clones really just workers? Slaves? Pets? Family? Or will they turn out to be something entirely different...
In the midst of this chaos, Dan and his 5 Clones - his physical replic, created in a federal lab to be low intelligence farm laborers - attempt to secretly enter the new California Independent Republic, becoming enmeshed in a struggle to find and secure a new technology that could save, or destroy the world.
But are Dan's 5 clones really just workers? Slaves? Pets? Family? Or will they turn out to be something entirely different...
294 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2020
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About the author
Edward Bonilla
2 books2 followersEd Bonilla is a teacher, writer, singer, husband, and father in his hometown of Stockton, California. A high school English teacher with 21 years of experience, Ed was asked to open a small school for expelled students eight years ago, and has since found much success working with Stockton’s disadvantaged youth. Ed’s band, Radical Times, plays all over Northern California and recently played for thousands of people at the North Beach Festival in the heart of San Francisco. Ed is very involved in making Stockton a better place for his students and for his family. Ed is happily married to his beautiful wife Jeni and has three children; Dakota, Noah and baby Rosie. Ed recently won the prestigious Kelly J. Abbott Short Story Contest for his short story "I won't tell..." which is also chapter 18 here in 5 Clones.
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September 25, 2020
Non-stop excitements in this futuristic thriller
I loved 5 Clones! The characters were likable and interesting, and the plot kept me guessing. Edward Bonilla has written an adventure that is meaningful and thought-provoking. I highly recommend 5 Clones. In full disclosure, Edward is my cousin and I grew up in Stockton. I loved the details about California and Stockton. And I loved the clones. :). What a fun and timely book to read!
I loved 5 Clones! The characters were likable and interesting, and the plot kept me guessing. Edward Bonilla has written an adventure that is meaningful and thought-provoking. I highly recommend 5 Clones. In full disclosure, Edward is my cousin and I grew up in Stockton. I loved the details about California and Stockton. And I loved the clones. :). What a fun and timely book to read!
September 6, 2021
Rating: 3.5/5.0
“5 Clones” delivers a series of entertainment nuggets including a bunch of very interesting characters.
Read full review in the 2021 September issue of InD'tale Magazine.
“5 Clones” delivers a series of entertainment nuggets including a bunch of very interesting characters.
Read full review in the 2021 September issue of InD'tale Magazine.
April 5, 2021
A Wild Ride From Start to Finish
5 Clones by Edward Bonilla is a fast-paced and exciting tale about a man who is trying to sell a group of cloned copies of himself as farm workers in a post Cal-Exit land of catastrophe. The book has many interesting elements that blend nicely together: there are shades of Mad Max, epistolary segments, mysterious folktales, sci-fi wonders, and action-packed thrills. The political setting Bonilla constructs is particularly well thought out and feels very plausible…very eerily plausible! It’s easy to get drawn into the main plot, but the campfire story type interludes stood out as particularly enjoyable. All the different moving parts of the story come together for a very satisfying ending, which also hints at much more to come. I will definitely be reading the sequel to see if Dan can find who he is looking for!
5 Clones by Edward Bonilla is a fast-paced and exciting tale about a man who is trying to sell a group of cloned copies of himself as farm workers in a post Cal-Exit land of catastrophe. The book has many interesting elements that blend nicely together: there are shades of Mad Max, epistolary segments, mysterious folktales, sci-fi wonders, and action-packed thrills. The political setting Bonilla constructs is particularly well thought out and feels very plausible…very eerily plausible! It’s easy to get drawn into the main plot, but the campfire story type interludes stood out as particularly enjoyable. All the different moving parts of the story come together for a very satisfying ending, which also hints at much more to come. I will definitely be reading the sequel to see if Dan can find who he is looking for!
October 15, 2021
Five Clones will have a following. If you are a fan of character-based sci fi and dystopian depictions of the future of the United States, you may love this. If you enjoy a complex plot with multiple stories that keeps you guessing about how they will connect, and if you enjoy getting a deep backstory on the characters, you will appreciate this. The star rating here is for you, the reader who likes these elements and is seeking out books fitting this description.
The author carves up the narrative into three segments: the main segment is the real-time story of Dan and his five clones. The story is set in a future time without any specific date or temporal context. California and Texas have succeeded from the union. Fires, floods, and earthquakes seem common. The remaining “United Federation” of states isn’t exactly at war with Texas and California, but the borders are closed, the internet is cut off, accurate news is sparce, and getting across the border, even for someone born in California like Dan, is an uncertain prospect. When Dan picks up a beautiful and mysterious hitchhiker in the Nevada desert, you know things will get interesting.
The second group of chapters is composed of intercepted letters and emails, sometimes redacted, giving Intel and directions to operatives for the United Federation government, which is trying to track down and capture a rogue scientist who may have taken the key to a spectacular invention. It's a puzzle to be pieces together. The communications show how the government has clamped down and is in full military-rule mode. The United Federation will assassinate citizens who are deemed threats. The scientist is the key to everything, and everyone wants to find him.
The third group of chapters is the journal of Jocelyn, who is writing her personal history for her infant daughter. These chapters are entirely backstory, and it’s not clear how they connect to Dan until the second half of the book. They paint a picture of the society struggling to survive in a world with supply shortages, violence, and a seeming lack of political leadership. The stories are interesting and detailed, but make the reader guess about why they matter to the larger story.
In the final third of the book, the author finally connects the three streams, as the scientist heads for California and Dan and his hitchhiker companion move in the same direction. How Dan’s clones figure in also becomes clear (which the reader has been wondering since the first chapter).
Some readers may find all the backstory and all the puzzle-piece information in the redacted emails and intercepted letters to be both too much information that’s not necessary to this story and a manipulative withholding of information that makes it needlessly difficult to follow what’s happening. (I was particularly nonplussed by two long chapters that are parables without any connection to the actual story.) Other readers will find the narrative to be a fascinating and intriguing puzzle to be solved. If you’re drawn into the puzzle-solving aspect of the story, then you’ll enjoy the ride up to the exciting climax. Figuring out how Dan came to be in his truck heading for California with his five clones is half the book. The other half is figuring out who Mary is, what she’s doing in the Nevada desert, and how she connects with the scientist. Then, how will Dan factor into the inevitable collision.
The book is generally well-written, although there are just enough typos and copy errors to be noticeable. There’s one pretty big plot hole in Dan’s backstory, but it doesn’t really matter to the plot. Despite the issues – including what I view as way too much unnecessary backstory information and not enough attention to the main plot – the story is unique and mesmerizing. I’m sure there will be more installments of this saga, and we’ll learn more about the state of the world inside this fictional universe. I’ll be watching, and Mr. Bonilla will certainly draw a loyal fan base who will love this world. But, be advised about what you’re getting into before you start.
The author carves up the narrative into three segments: the main segment is the real-time story of Dan and his five clones. The story is set in a future time without any specific date or temporal context. California and Texas have succeeded from the union. Fires, floods, and earthquakes seem common. The remaining “United Federation” of states isn’t exactly at war with Texas and California, but the borders are closed, the internet is cut off, accurate news is sparce, and getting across the border, even for someone born in California like Dan, is an uncertain prospect. When Dan picks up a beautiful and mysterious hitchhiker in the Nevada desert, you know things will get interesting.
The second group of chapters is composed of intercepted letters and emails, sometimes redacted, giving Intel and directions to operatives for the United Federation government, which is trying to track down and capture a rogue scientist who may have taken the key to a spectacular invention. It's a puzzle to be pieces together. The communications show how the government has clamped down and is in full military-rule mode. The United Federation will assassinate citizens who are deemed threats. The scientist is the key to everything, and everyone wants to find him.
The third group of chapters is the journal of Jocelyn, who is writing her personal history for her infant daughter. These chapters are entirely backstory, and it’s not clear how they connect to Dan until the second half of the book. They paint a picture of the society struggling to survive in a world with supply shortages, violence, and a seeming lack of political leadership. The stories are interesting and detailed, but make the reader guess about why they matter to the larger story.
In the final third of the book, the author finally connects the three streams, as the scientist heads for California and Dan and his hitchhiker companion move in the same direction. How Dan’s clones figure in also becomes clear (which the reader has been wondering since the first chapter).
Some readers may find all the backstory and all the puzzle-piece information in the redacted emails and intercepted letters to be both too much information that’s not necessary to this story and a manipulative withholding of information that makes it needlessly difficult to follow what’s happening. (I was particularly nonplussed by two long chapters that are parables without any connection to the actual story.) Other readers will find the narrative to be a fascinating and intriguing puzzle to be solved. If you’re drawn into the puzzle-solving aspect of the story, then you’ll enjoy the ride up to the exciting climax. Figuring out how Dan came to be in his truck heading for California with his five clones is half the book. The other half is figuring out who Mary is, what she’s doing in the Nevada desert, and how she connects with the scientist. Then, how will Dan factor into the inevitable collision.
The book is generally well-written, although there are just enough typos and copy errors to be noticeable. There’s one pretty big plot hole in Dan’s backstory, but it doesn’t really matter to the plot. Despite the issues – including what I view as way too much unnecessary backstory information and not enough attention to the main plot – the story is unique and mesmerizing. I’m sure there will be more installments of this saga, and we’ll learn more about the state of the world inside this fictional universe. I’ll be watching, and Mr. Bonilla will certainly draw a loyal fan base who will love this world. But, be advised about what you’re getting into before you start.
May 8, 2021
Questioning the Nature of Humanity in an Eerily Familiar Dystopian Future
Although this book is not listed as dystopian fiction on Amazon, it should be. The future world depicted in 5 Clones is bleak and yet, it’s also eerily familiar. Take all of the tensions of recent life in America—the pandemic, racial unrest, isolationism, climate change—and let them linger (the pandemic) or worsen dramatically (all the rest). Drought and fires rage out of control in parts of the United States; other areas are devastated by floods. The United States government trusts no one, as the rest of the world (and many ethnicities) become “outsiders” to be avoided at best, destroyed at worst. Then, have California and Texas succeed from the union in response, drawing the ire of the remaining “New Federal Union”. Embargoes by the NFU produce shortages in food, gas, and information in these new nations, further pushing America as we know it toward self-destruction. At the same time, science advances, producing (as is often the case), a breakthrough with great possibilities for good and an equal or even greater potential for evil. It’s the stuff that causes civil wars … and produces great stories.
Amid this social and political upheaval, we have Dan, a Mexican-American farmer who has cloned himself to provide a source of cheap labor. (No, this isn’t the technology at the crux of the NFU/California rift, although it could be). Dan just wants to sell his clones and make a new start. Things, however, are never as simple as they seem and soon, he’s helping a mysterious woman he comes across in the desert and whatever goals she has for a world turned upside down.
Author Bonilla slowly answers the questions you’ll be asking yourself as a reader—who is this woman Dan has befriended, why are people trying to kill them, where is Dan’s family, how cognizant are the clones, or even, who is Dan? As a literary technique, a slow reveal has both advantages and disadvantages. When complete, I felt satisfaction (relief?) in understanding all the pieces. And some of these are deeper issues, e.g., the nature of humanity and awareness. But the journey to that point sometimes felt meandering. More than halfway through the book, I was wondering if it was just a collection of interesting, although largely unrelated anecdotes from a possible future? And it didn’t help that many of the stories are flashbacks but without any indication that the events occurred in the past. However, to the author’s credit, all the threads are neatly tied up by the book’s end.
Overall, 5 Clones paints a bleak but largely familiar picture of the future. Themes are developed slowly but stick with it; the end is worth the suspense.
Although this book is not listed as dystopian fiction on Amazon, it should be. The future world depicted in 5 Clones is bleak and yet, it’s also eerily familiar. Take all of the tensions of recent life in America—the pandemic, racial unrest, isolationism, climate change—and let them linger (the pandemic) or worsen dramatically (all the rest). Drought and fires rage out of control in parts of the United States; other areas are devastated by floods. The United States government trusts no one, as the rest of the world (and many ethnicities) become “outsiders” to be avoided at best, destroyed at worst. Then, have California and Texas succeed from the union in response, drawing the ire of the remaining “New Federal Union”. Embargoes by the NFU produce shortages in food, gas, and information in these new nations, further pushing America as we know it toward self-destruction. At the same time, science advances, producing (as is often the case), a breakthrough with great possibilities for good and an equal or even greater potential for evil. It’s the stuff that causes civil wars … and produces great stories.
Amid this social and political upheaval, we have Dan, a Mexican-American farmer who has cloned himself to provide a source of cheap labor. (No, this isn’t the technology at the crux of the NFU/California rift, although it could be). Dan just wants to sell his clones and make a new start. Things, however, are never as simple as they seem and soon, he’s helping a mysterious woman he comes across in the desert and whatever goals she has for a world turned upside down.
Author Bonilla slowly answers the questions you’ll be asking yourself as a reader—who is this woman Dan has befriended, why are people trying to kill them, where is Dan’s family, how cognizant are the clones, or even, who is Dan? As a literary technique, a slow reveal has both advantages and disadvantages. When complete, I felt satisfaction (relief?) in understanding all the pieces. And some of these are deeper issues, e.g., the nature of humanity and awareness. But the journey to that point sometimes felt meandering. More than halfway through the book, I was wondering if it was just a collection of interesting, although largely unrelated anecdotes from a possible future? And it didn’t help that many of the stories are flashbacks but without any indication that the events occurred in the past. However, to the author’s credit, all the threads are neatly tied up by the book’s end.
Overall, 5 Clones paints a bleak but largely familiar picture of the future. Themes are developed slowly but stick with it; the end is worth the suspense.
February 7, 2022
5 Clones: 100 Reviews: 8 Billion Possible Futures
The oldest prophecy in English-language science fiction is the manufacture of life, dating back to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” in 1818. Shelley, heavily influenced by socialist thinking, undoubtedly understood the connection between her nightmarish vision and the industrialized capitalist society into which she had been born.
Cloning is the ultimate progression in our industrialization. The first clones were printed books spreading ideas in a uniform manner. Prior, individually hand-copied books had value added by scribes who annotated and artists who embellished upon the text. After, the value came from the fact that each book was identical in every way.
The printing press was the first machine capable of mass production. It would take over a hundred years for the idea to sink in, until the creation of the spinning jenny, the water wheel, the steam engine, and electric motors.
In “Modern Times”, Charlie Chaplin depicted us inside of the machines. With cloning, birth is machinated, as we humans become another product to be assembled.
But what if the manufactured people start to have ideas of their own? In 5 Clones, in an America split apart by civil war, Edward Bonilla explores these very possibilities. These 5 clones, along with their human matrix, Dan, find adventure along the highway as they encounter a woman named Mary.
Using experimental forms—changes in font style and text size, snippets of diaries, transcripts of electronic exchanges—Bonilla kicks at the boundaries of his novel’s pages. Chapters are accompanied by a playlist to move the reader farther from a standard experience. The book itself fights to be unique in a world that values conformity.
In Bonilla’s writing we find one answer to what it means to be human: we are created by the stories we tell. I am my story and you are yours. Through our individualized narration we stave off submission to a system that sees us all as a mass of products to be bought and sold.
Is life a commodity? Are we more than digits in a database, bits to be bundled and shipped off to the highest bidder? Are we doomed as an age to give birth to the kinds of monstrosities that Mary Shelley envisioned? 5 Clones reminds us that the fate of our planet can play out about 8 billion possible ways.
The oldest prophecy in English-language science fiction is the manufacture of life, dating back to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” in 1818. Shelley, heavily influenced by socialist thinking, undoubtedly understood the connection between her nightmarish vision and the industrialized capitalist society into which she had been born.
Cloning is the ultimate progression in our industrialization. The first clones were printed books spreading ideas in a uniform manner. Prior, individually hand-copied books had value added by scribes who annotated and artists who embellished upon the text. After, the value came from the fact that each book was identical in every way.
The printing press was the first machine capable of mass production. It would take over a hundred years for the idea to sink in, until the creation of the spinning jenny, the water wheel, the steam engine, and electric motors.
In “Modern Times”, Charlie Chaplin depicted us inside of the machines. With cloning, birth is machinated, as we humans become another product to be assembled.
But what if the manufactured people start to have ideas of their own? In 5 Clones, in an America split apart by civil war, Edward Bonilla explores these very possibilities. These 5 clones, along with their human matrix, Dan, find adventure along the highway as they encounter a woman named Mary.
Using experimental forms—changes in font style and text size, snippets of diaries, transcripts of electronic exchanges—Bonilla kicks at the boundaries of his novel’s pages. Chapters are accompanied by a playlist to move the reader farther from a standard experience. The book itself fights to be unique in a world that values conformity.
In Bonilla’s writing we find one answer to what it means to be human: we are created by the stories we tell. I am my story and you are yours. Through our individualized narration we stave off submission to a system that sees us all as a mass of products to be bought and sold.
Is life a commodity? Are we more than digits in a database, bits to be bundled and shipped off to the highest bidder? Are we doomed as an age to give birth to the kinds of monstrosities that Mary Shelley envisioned? 5 Clones reminds us that the fate of our planet can play out about 8 billion possible ways.
April 12, 2021
Awesome and Realistic
What if California started fighting with the US and seceded? Then add Texas too as the US dissolves into a dictatorship bent on expelling all immigrants as the economy tanks. In this world Dan tries to return to California after losing everything in Colorado. On the way he’s sucked in between two government agents going after a rouge scientist with a miraculous invention that can save or kill millions.
The author sets the story as just beyond today and weaves a bunch of people and their tales together for a wild ride to an explosive ending. I enjoyed the realistic depictions of things we do and see today and believable characters that you want to root for. Very American themed, especially good depiction of what California is really like. If things all went to hell tomorrow, I can imagine lots of what’s in this book could happen.
Two things distracted me though. I wonder if these will be resolved in Book 2. 1. There was a virus too? The virus seemingly disappeared midway through the book. I missed why. 2. The “morality tales” or stories of evil men in Dan’s dreams were too much for me. The author did such a great job showing people’s character through their actions, that these three mini stories in the book pulled me right out of the narrative.
Despite these, I was able to dive right back into the book and relish my way to the end. A sample of the author’s genius: picture a tiny killer drone resting comfortably on top of the toy soldier’s helmet waiting for the other humans to arrive.
What if California started fighting with the US and seceded? Then add Texas too as the US dissolves into a dictatorship bent on expelling all immigrants as the economy tanks. In this world Dan tries to return to California after losing everything in Colorado. On the way he’s sucked in between two government agents going after a rouge scientist with a miraculous invention that can save or kill millions.
The author sets the story as just beyond today and weaves a bunch of people and their tales together for a wild ride to an explosive ending. I enjoyed the realistic depictions of things we do and see today and believable characters that you want to root for. Very American themed, especially good depiction of what California is really like. If things all went to hell tomorrow, I can imagine lots of what’s in this book could happen.
Two things distracted me though. I wonder if these will be resolved in Book 2. 1. There was a virus too? The virus seemingly disappeared midway through the book. I missed why. 2. The “morality tales” or stories of evil men in Dan’s dreams were too much for me. The author did such a great job showing people’s character through their actions, that these three mini stories in the book pulled me right out of the narrative.
Despite these, I was able to dive right back into the book and relish my way to the end. A sample of the author’s genius: picture a tiny killer drone resting comfortably on top of the toy soldier’s helmet waiting for the other humans to arrive.
March 15, 2021
Set in a not-too-distant future, 5 Clones follows the progress of several protagonists whose paths gradually intertwine as the story unfolds. The telling is well-paced and well written. No complaints there. The principal players, especially Dan and, strangely enough, Scar and the quartet of clones, are nicely characterised. I have to admit I found myself more and more drawn to the enigmatic Scar as I got deeper into the book
There is action, comic interludes, tragedy and some mind-bending water technology, referring to one of the 21st century's sure fire major issues. Mr.Bonilla identifies and relates water with power - political/economic. Water and the fate of the species are questions which are destined to cleave together ever tighter. The question devolves into who is going to control this power and to which ends?
It all boils down (no pun intended) to morality v its nemesis on both the grand and entirely personal scales. I think this is perhaps the central theme of 5 Clones.
Enjoyed. Recommended.
There is action, comic interludes, tragedy and some mind-bending water technology, referring to one of the 21st century's sure fire major issues. Mr.Bonilla identifies and relates water with power - political/economic. Water and the fate of the species are questions which are destined to cleave together ever tighter. The question devolves into who is going to control this power and to which ends?
It all boils down (no pun intended) to morality v its nemesis on both the grand and entirely personal scales. I think this is perhaps the central theme of 5 Clones.
Enjoyed. Recommended.
March 8, 2021
FIVE CLONES by Edward Bonilla focuses on a dystopian U.S. in a time when closed borders and racism are at their Zenith. The evil government is known as “The Union.” California is an independent nation. The protagonist, Dan, and his 5-clones, try to infiltrate California in the early parts of the story. As the main character meets new support characters, and is confronted with new side stories, he realizes that it may be up to do more than slip through borders. It’s up to him to save the day with everything going on. There’s plenty of action, conflict and philosophical debate throughout the story. By the end, we see the ugly face and source of racism, the challenges, and the reason people can change. Check it out if you’re ready. Warning- it does tackle serious modern problems through ostensive examples. Not a book to slip into, but more for critical thinking.
July 22, 2023
Compelling, well written dystopian novel with an intriguing premise and interesting characters. There is a fair amount of profanity, which is not my usual cup of tea, but I enjoyed the book nonetheless, and look forward to the second book in this series, when it comes out.
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October 29, 20215 Clones is a science fiction book written by Edward Bonilla.
The setting is in the future. That time, California and Texas left the United States to be independent nations. California becomes the California Independent Republic, and the United States becomes the New Federal Union of States (NFUS).
The story begins with Dan, a Mexican-American farmer going to California to sell his five clones for cheap labor. He used them to work on his farm in Colorado until it was flooded and took everything he had, including his wife and daughter. On the way to Reno, Nevada, a mysterious woman stops his truck and asks him to take her to California. Dan agrees because that is his destination anyway, besides Mary, the mysterious woman, agrees to pay him enough. However, when they leave the New Federal Union checkpoint to the safe place for refueling the truck and resting for a night, a drone shot their truck a few times and hit Mary’s leg.
The storyline is interesting. I like it. It emphasizes the social and political revolution between the NFUS and the independent nations and how they suffer because the NFU bans many things from food, gas, or information, besides natural disasters like drought.
However, I don’t like the structure of the story. One chapter is from the third point of view, the other chapter is from a mom’s diary for her toddler’s daughter, and the next chapter is from emails or paper letters intercepted by the New Federal Union of States.
The flow is very slow and confusing. It is hard to find out the roles of each person mentioned in the story because of too much information and unclear. It is also because of how the story is narrated. When I reached halfway, I finally found the answer about who Dr. Abraha Tadese is, why the mom writes a diary to her toddler, why someone tries to kill Mary and Dan’s role in the story.
You will like this book if you are into a futuristic story about cloning, nanoscience, or Nanoengineering.
The setting is in the future. That time, California and Texas left the United States to be independent nations. California becomes the California Independent Republic, and the United States becomes the New Federal Union of States (NFUS).
The story begins with Dan, a Mexican-American farmer going to California to sell his five clones for cheap labor. He used them to work on his farm in Colorado until it was flooded and took everything he had, including his wife and daughter. On the way to Reno, Nevada, a mysterious woman stops his truck and asks him to take her to California. Dan agrees because that is his destination anyway, besides Mary, the mysterious woman, agrees to pay him enough. However, when they leave the New Federal Union checkpoint to the safe place for refueling the truck and resting for a night, a drone shot their truck a few times and hit Mary’s leg.
The storyline is interesting. I like it. It emphasizes the social and political revolution between the NFUS and the independent nations and how they suffer because the NFU bans many things from food, gas, or information, besides natural disasters like drought.
However, I don’t like the structure of the story. One chapter is from the third point of view, the other chapter is from a mom’s diary for her toddler’s daughter, and the next chapter is from emails or paper letters intercepted by the New Federal Union of States.
The flow is very slow and confusing. It is hard to find out the roles of each person mentioned in the story because of too much information and unclear. It is also because of how the story is narrated. When I reached halfway, I finally found the answer about who Dr. Abraha Tadese is, why the mom writes a diary to her toddler, why someone tries to kill Mary and Dan’s role in the story.
You will like this book if you are into a futuristic story about cloning, nanoscience, or Nanoengineering.
February 23, 2021
This book was an impulse buy - I came across it at a bookstore, and it looked interesting.
The book was a bit of a slow start for me, as I'm not typically drawn to this genre. It took me a month to get through the first 50 pages.
After that, I was hooked and couldn't put the book down. It was interesting, captivating, and incredibly relevant.
I can't wait to check out the sequel!
The book was a bit of a slow start for me, as I'm not typically drawn to this genre. It took me a month to get through the first 50 pages.
After that, I was hooked and couldn't put the book down. It was interesting, captivating, and incredibly relevant.
I can't wait to check out the sequel!
February 25, 2021
It hooked me right away. It was a thrill-ride through the western U.S. Lots of surprises, interesting characters and super interesting new technology to think about. This book would make a great movie. Looking forward to the sequel.
June 1, 2021
Fantastic novel with sharp references to current events. As a proud Stocktonian, it was fun to read such relevant descriptions of my hometown. Can’t wait for the sequel.
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