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    Implanted
    Implanted
    Implanted
    Audiobook12 hours

    Implanted

    Written by Lauren C. Teffeau

    Narrated by Lauren Ezzo

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    When college student Emery Driscoll is blackmailed into being a courier for a clandestine organization, she's cut off from the neural implant community which binds the domed city of New Worth together. Her new employers exploit her rare condition which allows her to carry encoded data in her blood, and train her to transport secrets throughout the troubled city. New Worth is on the brink of Emergence-freedom from the dome-but not everyone wants to leave. Then a data drop goes bad, and Emery is caught between factions: those who want her blood, and those who just want her dead.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    ISBN9781684415618
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    • 4/5
      Implanted is a cyberpunk dystopian novel that also includes a thrilling mystery involving a cover-up, political struggles, environmental implications and even some romance. Emery Driscoll was a dynamic character who was incredibly intriguing, even though she tried to show an uninteresting exterior to the world. She never wanted to make waves but when her extracurricular activities were used against her she was forced to endure the unthinkable and her choices, or lack thereof, led her down a rabbit hole that showed her a stark reality that had been existing under the layers of technology that she and so many others had been ignorant to.What a crazy and intriguing concept the technology was in this novel and I am not just referring to hemocryption. There is a lot going on in this story but a large portion of this plot has to do with neuroimplants and connectivity. The type of connectivity found in this story is also quite intimate. Due to the implants, the people in this world are able to have intimacies with others that go beyond what it feels to have a relationship. The characters are connected to each other, neuron to neuron if so desired, and they are able to feel the emotions that are experienced in the other person. It is just up to the user to determine how much each person experiences. It is a crazy premise to consider and it is also extremely intriguing to consider.In a society that is so connected it becomes increasingly impossible to have secrets and that is catalyst for finding new ways to encode data. The concept of hemocryption, where blood is used as a carrier for encoded data, was a mind-bending concept. In addition, I also very much enjoyed the setting. When the earth had become uninhabitable, glass domes were erected to separate the surviving humanity from the environment that they had poisoned. Whatever the initial intentions were for those living within the domes, it was socioeconomics that became the determining factor for the hierarchy inside of the dome, the haves and the have-nots. Although it was not necessarily just wealth that the inhabitants were obsessed with, it was also technology.This story crosses many genres and they are linked together with a plot that has exciting twists and turns. Although the story started out focused on technology it did slowly change its focus to relationships, social stratification, and social unrest for a civilization that literally exists beneath a dome. I did like the human-interest thread in this plot. There were key relationships that Emery developed that were most gratifying to be privy to. I felt connected to the characters myself and it was a truly compelling read that kept my interest glued to the pages. Implanted is absolutely a fascinating story that is a thought-provoking experience filled with surprises and many genre’s mashed together to make this an engrossing read!This review is based on a complimentary book I received from Author, Lauren C. Teffeau. It is an honest and voluntary review. The complimentary receipt of it in no way affected my review or rating.
    • 5/5
      You don’t need to imagine a science fiction future where information is such a valuable resource that it has to be encrypted to move it safely between A and B, as that’s what we have now. You also don’t need to imagine that corporate espionage and hackers might be after their rivals’ trade secrets and will go to any lengths to get them. However, in a world where all communications channels can be intercepted and there are infrastructure blackspots that cables won’t provide a service to, the science fiction next step is a city where a service exists to transport information encrypted and injected into people, athletic and smart couriers.To set a context, the city the author has based the action is an urban dystopia. There’s a class system which builds a lot of resentment (reminds me of the film Demolition Man) and the people are all trapped for generations with their overcrowding, jealousies, tech-crime and self-interested governors because the outside world has a climate so poor that planet Earth itself is being terraformed to bring itself back to Earth-like habitation standards. The other area of separation is technological, with the majority of the population of the domed bio-refugium (one of several domed cities) having implanted upgrades and those who have not simply putting up with their lack of access to services, jobs and information.There’s a Logan’s Run feel to this story. Most people seem to be in their 20s and 30s, all feel trapped and look forward to the day they can get away and there’s a hint that something more is going on behind the scenes and that the authorities are keeping important facts from the public. Certainly it’s in the interests of the system to keep everyone inside the dome because the whole control, system relies on the population not being able to walk away. Why would it be in the rulers’ interests to work toward making that possible, just because it’s what everyone expects?Having a job where people mess with your blood is a pretty disgusting idea, so there would have to be a pretty good reason why you would consent to do something like that. You’d think it would be money but a different reason is supplied in convincing style, then there’s a sort of induction phase followed by the meat of the adventure. Essentially, the characters go through a series of parkour chases through a large, commuter-filled city, switching routes, losing tails and trying to move fast but stay inconspicuous. The story covers this really well and provides some hair-raising chase sequences that are really enjoyable to read.Of course, inevitably, the protagonist gets involved in an assignment that nudges her out of her depth and then just about every interested party seems to be hunting her down as a renegade. Run rabbit, run rabbit, run run run.The science fiction angle is there but not too heavy, so this is more of an exciting hunt and chase adventure with a sinister plot that needs to be exposed or it’ll drive the reader cray trying to guess what it could be. The story-telling skill of this author is pretty good, so you become unaware of the narrator and fall into the scene, almost flexing your legs and tying up your running shoes in case it’s you next. There’s also the dream fantasy of leaving your whole life behind, going incognito and then being the heroine, fit, fast and the girl everyone wants to catch, deciding who she’s going to allow to catch her.It’s a smashing adventure, slightly squirmy with the blood encryption thing but even so I thought it was a wild ride, super fun, just crazy enough to be credible and an idea that could easily transfer to film someday. They say that when you do sports you get a rush of endorphins. Well, this book gives you that same feeling and you never even have to roll out from under the comfy pillow pile.