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Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment (2013)

by Kyle Mills(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1455572330 (ISBN13: 9781455572335)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

series

Covert-One

review 1: I've been following Jon Smith, Randi Russell, Marty Zellerback, and Peter Howell since The Hades Factor, without fail. This group always deliver. Although the plot in some of the Covert One books are somewhat disappointing, the main characters are invariably fascinating. It's like meeting old friends again. The Utopia Experiment is an unexpected pleasure. Kyle Mills nailed it. It is fast-paced without mindless action scenes. I'm not really into techno-thrillers, but this one is surprisingly easy to relate. A leading scientist developed a technology that would make our current smart phones seem like they belong to the stone age. Once it was out in the market, people from all over the world couldn't wait to try it. Of course there were also others who didn't care putting a s... moretud to their skull, because that's how the technology works. A tiny metal is attached to the skull (don't worry the procedure doesn't exceed three seconds, and anaesthesia isn't needed at all). It calibrates brain waves of the owner to make password and pretty much all the app in it works. No more hand gestures. You just have to tell your brain what you want to do and voila. A small screen will appear in front of your eyes, which only you can see by the way. Welcome to the catatonic stage, the zombies of the future. Opps! But really, the technology is rather neat, don't you think? Jon Smith convinced me that it is very user-friendly. But I guess I would side with Randi Russell. I also don't like sticking something into my brain and not knowing how it really works. No, I don't know how Merge really works. So, what makes the plot engaging? Find it out yourself. With the developer breaking every ethics rule in the book in order to realize his dream, his technology, he should be tried for crime against humanity. Ah but this is not a legal thriller. This is hero-must-save-the-world-or-we're-all-gonna-die. Way to go Jon, Randi, and Marty!
review 2: The plot was a straight to the point and seemed to revolve around figuring out why the villian, Dresner, reallly wanted to make this technology. There was lots of action; in fact too much for me to keep up with; I prefer a more developed plot. I think the technology that the author describes here is right around the corner. It's scary to think that a brainwave simulating app could stop your heart. less

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