Although tagged as YA fiction older readers will be equally engrossed. The audio version is magnificent - with out of space music, electronic beeps and sound effects, mechanical voices, along with passion and urgency in the human narrators - an engrossing performance. This is a complex and thought provoking story with strong characters facing life and death moral choices. Tough, resourceful computer hacker Kady is the main protagonist along with AI (Aiden) - the computer who manipulates events so that the captains no longer trust him. However they are tracked by a lethal warship intent on obliterating all evidence of the deed and all survivors. Survivors are rescued by a fleet of damaged space ships. Told from multiple perspectives - human, mechanical and from reports and recordings, the overarching theme is of a hostile takeover of a planet inhabited by an illegal mining company that uses biological warfare that results in those exposed becoming raving, aggressive and murderous. Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution. Her multi-award winning work is slated for publication in over 30 countries, and is in development for film and TV. When the only person you trust is a computer.Ī totally original, gripping and engrossing novel. Amie Kaufman is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult fiction.
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