Now, about the tour itself: Running through July 3rd, the Kingdom blog tour will feature reviews,
interviews, guest posts, giveaways, and a few other
surprises—including an
international contest to win a Kindle Fire.
The blog tour is being conduced to
promote Kingdom, a dystopian, biopunk-thriller, and the first part of
the Tiber City Trilogy.
Most people are familiar with the term
“cyberpunk,” but “biopunk” is harder to nail down. In many
ways, biopunk is similar to the cyberpunk genre, and shares many of
the same themes and archetypes: the dystopian future; the
overreliance on technology; mega-corporations; a constant and
overwhelming flow of data; the anti-hero—these elements are
integral parts of both genres. And both genres are fueled, to some
extent, by the sense of rebellion and desire for individual freedom
expressed by the original punk rock revolution. But the main
difference—the most important difference—is that while cyberpunk
focuses on invasive technological modification of the human body,
biopunk explores the dehumanizing consequences of biological
modification, of re-arranging our DNA in the pursuit of perfection.
And it’s these consequences that fuel
the action in Kingdom.
Here’s a brief introduction to
Kingdom:
In a secret
laboratory hidden under the desert, a covert bioengineering
project—codename “Exodus”—has discovered the gene
responsible for the human soul.
Somewhere in the
neon sprawl outside the nation’s collapsing economic core, a group
of renegade monks are on the verge of uncovering a secret that has
eluded mankind for centuries.
In a glittering
tower high above the urban decay, an ascendant U.S. Senator is found
dead—an apparent, yet inexplicable, suicide.
And in the
streets below, a young man races through an ultra modern metropolis
on the verge of a violent revolution...closing in on the terrible
truth behind Exodus—and one man’s dark vision for the future of
mankind.
Welcome to Tiber
City.
If you’re intrigued, you can grab a
copy of Kingdom (paperback or Kindle format) over at
Amazon. Or, if
you’re still on the fence, check out the first four chapters at my
website,
Tiber City Noir.
And, if you’re interested in entering
the Tiber City Kindle Fire Giveaway, you can enter the contest
through the widget on the sites hosting this
tour.
Thanks again for checking out the
Kingdom blog tour.
Cheers,
Anderson
Disclaimer: This book was provided by the author in exchange for a review.
Review: An incredible dystopian read with a philosophical twist.
The world Anderson paints is downright depressing. The worst part is how realistic it is. It is not too far in the future and although I doubt that our world will become like that world in three years, it does paint a realistic portrayal of what could have happened or what still could happen. There is so much we don't know about our genes although our knowledge is slowly gaining. The Exodus project achieves so much yet creates monsters and agony. Morrison is pure evil and I shudder to see what he does in the next two books.
What adds a unique twist to this book is the philosophical aspect. What is a soul? The Omega gene provides a connection to the divine, something beyond the human self. It provides a perfect (book) explanation for why people turn to drugs, alcohol, and other addictions to try to replicate that connection to the divine. The Order of Neshamah comes to the same conclusion through religious means. There is a sharp contrast between Morrison and the Order. We may gain technology, but at what cost? Dylan is caught in the middle. Will he make it out sane or even alive?
Rating:
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to those that enjoy dystopian fiction, science fiction with a technological bent, or biopunk.
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