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Title: Non-Compliance: The Sector
Author: Paige Daniels
Narrator: Kay Webster
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-18-17
Publisher: Paige Daniels, Grimbold Books
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Shea Kelly had a brilliant career in technology, but after refusing to implant an invasive government device in her body she was sent to a modern day reservation: a Non-Compliance Sector, a lawless community run by thugs and organized crime. She's made a life for herself as a resourceful barkeep, and hacks for goods on the black market with her best friend Wynne, a computer genius and part-time stripper. Life is pretty quiet under the reigning Boss, apart from run-ins with his right hand man, the mighty Quinn: until Danny Rose threatens to take over the sector. Pushed to the edge, Shea decides to fight back.
Members Reviews:
The Non Compliance sector is the wild west of the future.
This futuristic novel is outside my normal realm of reading material, but I really liked it. It is quirky and fun and a bit campy, and the main character is unusual and interesting. Its got heroes and villains and interesting stuff happening throughout the story. It is part romance, part mystery, part adventure set in some post apocalyptic world with a very active black market, especially for luxury goods. It is unusual and I will definitely read more about these people who have chosen not to be ruled and controlled and chipped. The non-compliance sector is like the wild west of the future. Might makes Right and people are still motivated by what motivates people today, but they are a particuarily tough crowd.
Cyberpunk with a compelling heroine
Shea Kelly chose to live in the Non-Compliance Sector of the United States, which has become a shade of its former self following a disastrous international war, rather than be implanted with a chip that would store her personal information. Spirited, strong-willed, and intelligent, she makes a living as a bartender and moonlights as a hacker-for-hire. Frustrated by the bullying and shenanigans of a new gangster in town, Shea reaches out to the NCS's established crime lord, whose name is Robert Jennings but is simply called Boss by most people. Boss may be a mobster who demands payment in exchange for protection, but unlike the newcomer, Danny, he maintains order and allows life to run smoothly.
Daniels paints a vivid picture of Shea's life in this rough world. Despite the bleakness of her situation, Shea has no desire to leave the NCS. At the very least, she can keep her independence here. She regularly clashes with drunken bar patrons and ruthless thugs, sometimes getting severely injured, and yet she takes her punches with her head held high. She truly isn't afraid of anything--not the goons, not the government, not the ongoing hardships of her life.
Shea eventually joins forces with Boss's right-hand man, Quinn Knightly, to find out what Danny's master plan is and get rid of him before he takes over the NCS. Some of the most captivating scenes in Non-Compliance are the dialogues between these two characters. Whereas Shea is a tough-talking smart aleck, Quinn is the strong-and-silent type who prefers to communicate via growls.
Her narration is straightforward, blunt, and sometimes curt, as though she wants to get her point across to the reader without wasting her breath on whining or flowery descriptions.