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Shards #2
Shards [Book Two]
At the age of sixteen, Abigail Wyeth was thirty-three years old.
Born in the twentieth century, she now lived in the twenty-seventh. Having died in 2026 at the age of thirty-one, her mind and soul were harvested and placed into a computer "for the good of mankind." After she'd served the purpose intended, her mind was used to oversee Earths' PlanNet defenses and end the Terran/Martian Wars. She was the housekeeper to madman. An environmental control for an apartment building. A seductress who would revel in anything done to her. A computer that performed four basic functions for over a century. Whatever the highest bidder wanted.
She was saved from all that and her memories restored in 2676. Now, in 2678, Abigail was a vibrant sixteen-year old girl. She had a new name, a new identity, new friends and a bright life ahead of her. All that remained of her past were the training and experiences of her original life and the piercing shards of her false personas that were slowly destroying her mind.
Born in the twentieth century, she now lived in the twenty-seventh. Having died in 2026 at the age of thirty-one, her mind and soul were harvested and placed into a computer "for the good of mankind." After she'd served the purpose intended, her mind was used to oversee Earths' PlanNet defenses and end the Terran/Martian Wars. She was the housekeeper to madman. An environmental control for an apartment building. A seductress who would revel in anything done to her. A computer that performed four basic functions for over a century. Whatever the highest bidder wanted.
She was saved from all that and her memories restored in 2676. Now, in 2678, Abigail was a vibrant sixteen-year old girl. She had a new name, a new identity, new friends and a bright life ahead of her. All that remained of her past were the training and experiences of her original life and the piercing shards of her false personas that were slowly destroying her mind.
196 pages, ebook
First published September 6, 2005
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June 4, 2010
Pete Prellwitz does it again. And the bad news is there's a cliffhanger ending. The good news? Book three is already out (and sitting beside me). I love his delving into the character of our Abbey. I can't wait to see how the story continues and what happens to her next. You would think that things could not get worse then a premature death followed by six and a half centuries of programmed personas that her life couldn't get much more interesting (or tragic), but well... it does!
Oh and just because I can... Abigail, we'll always have Tokyo!
On to book three because I cannot wait to see what happens next!
Oh and just because I can... Abigail, we'll always have Tokyo!
On to book three because I cannot wait to see what happens next!
December 30, 2010
I absolutely loved this book. Abby has so many adventures edging on serious danger, even without her smartness and abilities to think outside the box. The author of Shards Book Two must have a knack for imagining out-of-this-world objects and ideas. This is a great Sci-fi novel that all Sci-fi readers should read. The author may be little known, but he writes fantastic stories.
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