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Title: Relics

Subtitle: One

Author: Nick Thacker

Narrator: David S. Dear

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-17

Publisher: Turtleshell Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Myers is a Relic. Cast out of society by a computer program that's far more efficient at managing and regulating human life than any human ever could be.

The System is running everyone's life. It's quickly becoming smarter than humans, and it no longer has any need for leaders like Myers. There's a technological singularity coming, and only Myers knows how to stop it.

The problem? He doesn't remember anything from the past 15 years. And now he's being hunted.

Members Reviews:

Very interesting future Will be getting the others

Part techno-thriller, part chase movie. The book was written in a way that you can easily visualize all the action. It was very fast paced and did an excellent job with the science behind the main plot. very well told story by both the writer and the narrator. Definitely will be getting the other two books. Will also be looking for other works by this author.

This audiobook was given to me free and I have left a voluntary review.

Lots of action but little character interest

I liked the idea for the premise, but had trouble getting into this one. I found the story unstructured and did not care about the characters. There was a lot of action, but I had no reason to care what happened.

It was a bit like reading an account of a boxing match where you are given a blow by blow account of what's going on, but you don't know anything about either contender and have absolutely nothing invested in it. Well, boxer A takes a hard right from boxer b, then boxer A dodges and lands a blow to the midsection. Um . . . good, I guess? What now?

It got a little better as it progressed, but I suppose I just need more sooner. I never felt like I got my time's worth from this one.

I was given this book for free at my request from the author, publisher or narrator and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected my opinions.

Interesting premises but poor execution

Myers wakes up in the middle of nowhere finding out that he is a Relic in a world controlled by a very advanced AI. He has no memories from his past life, and when entering Istanbul he discovers that he is wanted. Myers will get some glimpses of his past while he tries to understand how the world now works.

I was looking forward to this book, since the premises were very interesting and I usually enjoy books about dystopian societies; but I was not able to get into this one. The story felt disjointed and confusing at times. I know many details were hidden from the reader so that we could discover things along with Myers, but I missed some background, descriptions, and in general a clearer view about the world and Myers surroundings.

I found all the characters terribly one-dimensional. We get some details here and there but not enough to have fully fleshed characters. I just didnt care for them, their past, or their future. I would also like to mention that there were no important female characters in the story. There were just two secondary female characters and one was really caricaturesque.

There is some technical babble that didnt make a lot of sense to me. Basically, computers had a static IP address, and one of the characters was trying to hook a machine for his own purposes with a dynamic IP address, and this could be detected by the AI and rejected. Well, in real life, one can have indeed static and dynamic IP addresses.