Oh, so smart and cleverly told, this sci-fi thriller is one you don't want to miss!
What if you could know what happens one year into the future -- but be powerless to change it?
Best friends, Ben Boyce and Adhvan (Adhi) Chaudry, want to be on the cutting edge of a new technology that will take Silicon Valley by storm and make them loads of money. Their idea involves transmitting data though time so that someone using their machine could see the future and know the outcome of any endeavor. The narrative unfolds in the format of texts, emails, transcripts, tweets, and blog posts as the characters try to bring their unique product to market. Faced with hurdles and problems, the friends soon see that there are some negative side effects of their project to deliver this future knowledge to all of mankind. What was meant to be empowerment and maintenance of free will is soon shown to be anything but.
I was absolutely captivated and could not put this book down until the end. The science, although quantum computing is definitely not my forte, was explained and rendered understandable so that it made the possibility of this machine believable. I enjoyed how the atypical narrative style showed the flaws in the personalities of all the characters and how it was the perfect way to tell this whole story. I laughed out loud at some of the tweets (you'll see what I mean) as the author captured social media trolling and commenting so perfectly -- everybody has an opinion! There are many moral and ethical issues that will make the reader question the ultimate future of technology if it continues to enslave those of us who use it. Is it really better to KNOW the future after all? You decide! And, you really will have to that at the end.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine Del Rey for this e-book ARC to read, review, and recommend.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre - sci-fi thriller, futuristic
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