Earik Beann

The biggest change to human technology was an accident. It began with four patients strapped to tables, and it ended with a completely new person. That person was Adam, first of his kind, and he changed everything. Gone were the days of dangerous streets and traffic accidents, once an AI took over, of course. The implants changed everything, but what no one thought of was what about the people who couldn't get them?

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Total Recall meets Wall-E with a HAL personality in the center.
Jimmy lives in a world of altered reality chips (ARCs). Implants behind the left ear that allow people to experience everything they could possibly think of. People are online as much as 23 hours a day and can barely function in the real world even so much as to take care of basic bodily functions and needs. Jimmy however is ARC incompatible due to a football injury he had. Poor Jimmy feels alone in this world as everyone else's online and he is cut off from the rest. Even his wife. But there is danger brewing here. Danger in the form of Adam, an AI being that believes he is in command of this world and all the people within it. And he has sinister plans for them. Can Jimmy stop Adam before it's too late?
This is such a sad book. Or at least it starts out that way. As a reader you feel sympathy and compassion for Jimmy as he tries so hard to cling to life in any form that he possibly can. His wife lays catatonic when she used to be vibrant and full of life. The only people he really interacts with are the people in his Implant Disabilities Anonymous group. Society is fading away to the point of non-existence.
And then there's Adam, a sinister artificial intelligence entity with a serious God complex...
The story is very well written even though many of the elements have been told before. The story is reimagined in an almost dystopian fashion. At least that's the feel that I got when I read it. It ends very well however.
I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read but it was very satisfying. I would definitely be interested to take a look at some of the author's other works here in the near future.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Sci-fi/fantasy with a touch of action.… (més)