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sagauthor's review
5.0
This story is a new take on futuristic science fiction. The 942 Series presents a corporate controlled world, where individuals like Nash are controlled and limited in their life choices.
This book reminds me of older style storytelling, with a long narrative arc, following several characters, and their family members, over years. The epic scope of the story carries us along as we try to understand the past and future of Nash Korpes. He must struggle to survive political intrigue, corporate assassins, and mass killings. Nash is a very imperfect person. He is a scientific genius, who invents technology beyond what others can match. Yet, he has trouble controlling his emotions and actions.
In the course of Nash's oppression by his corporate overlords, he will lose everything, his loved one, his children, his family. Alone, with only a friend or two, he will struggle to gain control of his life, and throw off the chains encasing him. The decades that pass are filled with an unending conflict against the forces seeking to contain, and silence him.
The author has brought an epic story to the page that contains an multitude of characters, who we care about, and want to succeed. I finished the story, and wanted to read more, so I could find what happened to each character I had been introduced to, even the villains. I would say this story is suitable for readers of high school and up. If you are ready to read an epic science fiction story, check this book out. As someone else mentioned, sometimes, to overcome impossible challenges, you must be both hero and villain.
This book reminds me of older style storytelling, with a long narrative arc, following several characters, and their family members, over years. The epic scope of the story carries us along as we try to understand the past and future of Nash Korpes. He must struggle to survive political intrigue, corporate assassins, and mass killings. Nash is a very imperfect person. He is a scientific genius, who invents technology beyond what others can match. Yet, he has trouble controlling his emotions and actions.
In the course of Nash's oppression by his corporate overlords, he will lose everything, his loved one, his children, his family. Alone, with only a friend or two, he will struggle to gain control of his life, and throw off the chains encasing him. The decades that pass are filled with an unending conflict against the forces seeking to contain, and silence him.
The author has brought an epic story to the page that contains an multitude of characters, who we care about, and want to succeed. I finished the story, and wanted to read more, so I could find what happened to each character I had been introduced to, even the villains. I would say this story is suitable for readers of high school and up. If you are ready to read an epic science fiction story, check this book out. As someone else mentioned, sometimes, to overcome impossible challenges, you must be both hero and villain.
murphyslaw123's review
5.0
This book is basically Game of Thrones . . . but in a alternate, dystopian universe.
The book stars around Nash Korpes, one of the many, many characters in TFK. Nash by far is one of my favorite characters. First of all, he's an engineer so that's already a huge 'plus' for me. Second of all, the odds are stacked incredibly against him, yet somehow Nash always manages to remain uncorrupted by such a polluted environment. Don't get me wrong--Nash is by no means a perfect character--he has his flaws. But somehow, he still manages to retain a special type of inner strength.
Some of my other favorite characters include Ashley, Davis, and Dylan. There are TONS of other characters, for which we all get chapters from their POV for. Like I said, TFK reminds me Game of Thrones in many ways, and the sheer amount of characters is one of them. Yet despite the huge cast, each character is unique and fleshed out. Each has his/her own backstory, motivations, fears, desires, etc. There is no 'good' guy or 'bad' guy. Everything is in shades of gray--just like real life.
The intricacies of the plot is also truly fascinating, and I think a lot of this links back to the multitude of characters. While there is definitely a linear sense in terms of event progression, there is no "main" plot arc in the traditional sense. Rather, there are many turning points (think mini climaxes) that continue to build upon each other and culminating into the ending as Nash makes a huge decision in choosing which life path to take. As mentioned before, with so many characters, I think it's amazing Rogers was able to give each character his/her personal agenda, and watching the wants/pursuit-of-their-wants of all these characters interact and clash once again reminds me of this particular quote: "People aren't against you; they are for themselves." There is no true villain in TFK. Sometimes it feels as if everyone is against Nash, when in truth, all these characters are simply looking out for themselves. Conflict arises when interests clash.
In Nash's case, he's unfortunate enough that his unusual genetic makeup makes him an interest of many science and medical research. As a result, several organization has conducted some shady business that resulted in harm to dear old Nash. It would be easy to label these organizations/the people behind these experiments as "evil" or "inhumane", and deem them the villains. And while it's true that some of the actions of these characters are inhumane/unethical, Rogers also offers us a glimpse into their POV, and reveal the motivation behind their actions . . . to the point I felt sympathy for them even though poor Nash is suffering as a result. Kudos for creating 'bad guys' I cared for.
Highly recommend this book if you enjoy books with complex characters and multiple POVs. Also, if you like GoT.
The book stars around Nash Korpes, one of the many, many characters in TFK. Nash by far is one of my favorite characters. First of all, he's an engineer so that's already a huge 'plus' for me. Second of all, the odds are stacked incredibly against him, yet somehow Nash always manages to remain uncorrupted by such a polluted environment. Don't get me wrong--Nash is by no means a perfect character--he has his flaws. But somehow, he still manages to retain a special type of inner strength.
Some of my other favorite characters include Ashley, Davis, and Dylan. There are TONS of other characters, for which we all get chapters from their POV for. Like I said, TFK reminds me Game of Thrones in many ways, and the sheer amount of characters is one of them. Yet despite the huge cast, each character is unique and fleshed out. Each has his/her own backstory, motivations, fears, desires, etc. There is no 'good' guy or 'bad' guy. Everything is in shades of gray--just like real life.
The intricacies of the plot is also truly fascinating, and I think a lot of this links back to the multitude of characters. While there is definitely a linear sense in terms of event progression, there is no "main" plot arc in the traditional sense. Rather, there are many turning points (think mini climaxes) that continue to build upon each other and culminating into the ending as Nash makes a huge decision in choosing which life path to take. As mentioned before, with so many characters, I think it's amazing Rogers was able to give each character his/her personal agenda, and watching the wants/pursuit-of-their-wants of all these characters interact and clash once again reminds me of this particular quote: "People aren't against you; they are for themselves." There is no true villain in TFK. Sometimes it feels as if everyone is against Nash, when in truth, all these characters are simply looking out for themselves. Conflict arises when interests clash.
In Nash's case, he's unfortunate enough that his unusual genetic makeup makes him an interest of many science and medical research. As a result, several organization has conducted some shady business that resulted in harm to dear old Nash. It would be easy to label these organizations/the people behind these experiments as "evil" or "inhumane", and deem them the villains. And while it's true that some of the actions of these characters are inhumane/unethical, Rogers also offers us a glimpse into their POV, and reveal the motivation behind their actions . . . to the point I felt sympathy for them even though poor Nash is suffering as a result. Kudos for creating 'bad guys' I cared for.
Highly recommend this book if you enjoy books with complex characters and multiple POVs. Also, if you like GoT.
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