3.5 Stars from me
Such an intriguing book – and a subject matter that is so apt right now. I am sure that there will be lots more in this genre.
With what feels like two entirely separate storylines, Titan’s Tears doesn’t feel all that far into the future anymore with daily updates on AI advancements in the real world.
Chad Lester does a brilliant job of describing the futuristic world inhabited by Sophia and her wonderful inventions, while at the same time bringing the day to day drudgery of Seth’s world to life. Lots to think about in Seth’s world, with the sobering depiction of humans being continually replaced in the workforce.
I loved all the animals and species that were un-endangered and think this would work really well on Netflix.
Blurb:
Unnatural things are happening on an isolated island off the coast of Alaska.
Just when Belle had thought her life couldn’t get any weirder, she finds herself arrested for murder. Only a few months ago, she was living in a peculiar village, cut off from civilization, where she suffered from bizarre hallucinations and nightmares. Then she received a mysterious invitation to work for the world’s most brilliant scientist—the enigmatic Sophia Eccleston. The pay was outstanding. The accommodations, second to none. The catch? Belle had to live on isolated island and follow strict, often bizarre security protocols.
Meanwhile a slaughterhouse worker is declared obsolete, replaced by machines, and becomes a bearded recluse. As he sits in his crumbling manor awaiting the cancer to take him, he too receives an unusual invitation to the strange island, where either his salvation or damnation awaits.
Things aren’t going well for Sophia, either. She’s facing the hostile takeover of her life’s work—her company—all while striving to keep the true identity of her eight-year-old daughter a secret. The three will meet on an isle where murder-machines and transgenic creatures run amok, in a gothic odyssey of technology unleashed.
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