ARvekt

· Craig Lea Gordon
4.7
3 reviews
Ebook
322
Pages

About this ebook

The ARvekt is in you. In your brain. Wetware, grown in from birth.
You are connected. To everything. All the time. To the Augmented Reality that surrounds you. Life is a sonic, tactile and visual wonder. Better than the real ever could be.

But what if reality isn't real?


Ix is your Guardian AI. It protects you. Keeps you safe.
From war. From illness. From rogue AIs.
It has saved us so many times. Ix, Guardian AI, saviour of humanity.


But what if its protection is really betrayal?


Section-R. Shadow agency. Wage an underground war against brain hackers. Use temporal instances of Augmented Reality to infiltrate and rescue victims like you. The hackers want your mind. Your data. Your secrets.


But what if the public knew about the hackers?


Tannis Ord. Section-R Agent. Infiltration and extraction specialist.
A psychotic event left her partner dead. Dead by her own hands. Traumatised, her mind was in tatters. Now it has been repaired. She's ready to return back to duty.


But what if she isn't ready? What if her mind isn't repaired? What if the psychosis has returned?


So when Tannis investigates a mind hack like no other, it leads her to question everything. About Ix. About Section-R. About herself.


If reality isn't real, is it illusion? Or her own delusion?

Ratings and reviews

4.7
3 reviews
Shenstone Porter
June 12, 2020
Full Disclosure: I received an Advance Review Copy of this novel from the author. As a fan of science fiction and cyberpunk I found this book to be a very well plotted and developed novel, with plenty of action and jeopardy, plot-twists and turns. Beginning with what is seemingly an unreliable narrator at its heart this is a story of how the perception of reality can be altered, for both the protagonist and the wider society within which they live, and how this impacts on both. The characters are all well written and locations well-described, with one immediately beginning to root for the narrator while also wondering just how reliable they are in this role, and what will happen to them next. Overall a great read and a fitting introduction to a new series, which I'm looking forward to reading.
Rosemary Kenny
June 12, 2020
ARkvet - a review by Rosemary Kenny What a(nother) great short story from Master of the What If...? future scenario specialist, Craig Lea Gordon. With a strong flavour of The Matrix, with hints of eXistenZ and a soupcon of The Hunger Games. ARkvet has a strong female lead in Tannis, who becomes a Neo/Trinity/Katniss Everdeen-like rebel leader, (after initially being a model citizen) though as the clever storyline unfolds, overcoming the ruling elite figure, their supporters and neuroscientists becomes more vital than ever before. Strong secondary characters, plenty of gritty action and succinct but satisfying dialogue and scenarios - ARkvet is Book #1 of Craig Lea Gordon's Instant Reality series, of new and re-edited gems, that will whisk you a world away from your Covid-19 fears and your Lockdown Blues - don't miss it at any cost! I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Sam Gallimore
June 10, 2020
A very enjoyable and fast moving story with good action sequences and an interesting plot. The lead character is well drawn and the world it is set in is well realised. I look forward to continuing the story in the next installment of the series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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