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The Utopia Experiment (2013)

by Kyle Mills(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0446539899 (ISBN13: 9780446539890)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

series

Covert-One

review 1: this is a lucky book.Lucky that it's written with all the guile and tenacity of a classic Ludlum page-turner.What's not 'classic' about it is the 'jarring' copy editing, which is (often) sloppy at the most crucial part of the book i.e. the start, when a book needs to gain a reader's confidence. An instance of 'these multiple things WAS GOOD' stand out, though I'm not going searching for them, along with a couple of missed catches in the 'spelling' department. They're there and they shouldn't be, such is the enormity of the Ludlum-franchise editorial machine, is my point.The story unfolds well and the action is sweet and the 'thoughts on thinking/ownership' is tantalising. Some keen insight into the psychological process, for what is essentially a video-game-as-novel.UPDATE... more: In fact, I rated this lucky book 4**** when I was about 4/5 of the way through it. It was going to end well. I knew it. And boy-oh-boy did it satisfy this reader. Despite its sometimes sloppy jarringness when it was getting going, I'm gonna upgrade this book to 5*****.
review 2: {A Covert-One Series Novel written by Kyle Mills This is the latest in the Covert-One series, featuring Jon Smith and Randi Russell. .}THE PLOTWhat happens when all information goes online, the large majority of an individual's information is on the internet, or on connected computer systems? What happens when you get one device that can combine the power of your most advanced computing device, your cell-phone as well as other electronic devices - all that have been invented - into one powerful device? This is precisely the concept of the latest in the Covert-One series of novels. This device - called The Merge - has a military version as well, For the assessment of this device suitability to US Military requirement, Lt Col Jon Smith is called in, who gets taken in by its effectivity and power almost immediately. As each subsequent test of the device - including rigorous field testing - gives superlative results, the US Armed Forces move forward with its adoption. Enter Randi Russell... who has, simultaneously. in a parralel sub-plot, being investigating a mass-murder of two villages in Afghanistan. This investigation leads to troubling questions for Randi, as she finds that one village behaved in a strange fashion - they did not fight back despite being armed almost to the teeth. Further investigation leads to the discovery that all who didnt fight were equipped with The Merge. How is The Merge connected with these murders? How can an essentially benign electronic device play a role in this? What is the reason behind it? Read the book to find out!THE ANALYSISFirst off, this is not the best in Covert-One series. It could have been better, much better. Having said that, at least the characterisation is spot-on; this time, the character plot of Jon, Randi and Russell is within the overall boundaries set originally in the first few novels. Jon, unsure at first, increasingly confident as the story picks up; showing flashes of insight and brilliance under pressure is the Jon we have come to know and like. Randi, tough, independent, frustrating and action-oriented is the Randi we identify the series with. less

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