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Genesis Redux
One person, two lives, and a challenge to the old world order.
With Tandelli and O’Driscoll on the run, Stephanie imprisoned, and the traditionalist faction of Global Governance vanquished, all Indigo’s goals are realised. Yet in her moment of triumph, victory is snatched from her grasp. Stripped of her patronage and with enemies on all sides, she finds herself in the biggest fight of her life.
In this stunning climax to the Transcendence Trilogy, nobody is safe as the once secret struggle to control humanity’s future breaks out into the open.
Who will win in this battle for ultimate power: the Investigator, torn between duty and protecting his family; the crime lord, wanting revenge on those who took his kingdom away; Global Governance, riven by in-fighting but still a force to be reckoned with; or the person who started it all, even though she’d rather be dead?
380 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 15, 2016
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About the author
Dylan S. Hearn
3 books83 followersDylan S Hearn was born in Ipswich, England and has lived and worked all over Europe before settling back close to where he was born. He spends his day balancing being a husband, father and writer; sometimes successfully, sometimes not.
His first novel, Second Chance (The Transcendence Trilogy Book 1) was first on Kindle in January 2014. The sequel, Absent Souls (The Transcendence Trilogy book 2) was published in November 2014. He is currently working on the 3rd and final book, Genesis Redux, whilst fighting back ideas for other novels until it is finished.
His first novel, Second Chance (The Transcendence Trilogy Book 1) was first on Kindle in January 2014. The sequel, Absent Souls (The Transcendence Trilogy book 2) was published in November 2014. He is currently working on the 3rd and final book, Genesis Redux, whilst fighting back ideas for other novels until it is finished.
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January 5, 2017
The third in Hearn's transcendence trilogy, Genesis Redux aims at tying up any loose ends and adding more information about the power factions in this dystopian world that the author has created in his earlier novels Second Chance and Absent Souls.
It's a well structured story, imaginative with a wide-ranging plot, and the characters continue to be good, my favourite probably remains O'Driscoll (the crime boss). I admire Hearn's breadth of vision in this complex story about the struggle for global control, corruption and loss of humanity.
But why did it take me a week to read it when I can often consume books in a day or two? In parts, for me, the writing flagged. It was all mostly very third person distant, introspective, and apart from O'Driscoll, I didn't feel particularly vested in the other characters. So, instead of wanting to turn the pages in anticipation, I'd put it down and leave it for ages, which wasn't how I read the first two books.
As a concept, it's good, but I didn't feel any tension in this thriller.
There are some minor errors but not enough to spoil the reading of the book. I'd give it 3.5, but have rounded it up to four based on the originality of the overall story.
Thanks to the author for sending me a copy.
It's a well structured story, imaginative with a wide-ranging plot, and the characters continue to be good, my favourite probably remains O'Driscoll (the crime boss). I admire Hearn's breadth of vision in this complex story about the struggle for global control, corruption and loss of humanity.
But why did it take me a week to read it when I can often consume books in a day or two? In parts, for me, the writing flagged. It was all mostly very third person distant, introspective, and apart from O'Driscoll, I didn't feel particularly vested in the other characters. So, instead of wanting to turn the pages in anticipation, I'd put it down and leave it for ages, which wasn't how I read the first two books.
As a concept, it's good, but I didn't feel any tension in this thriller.
There are some minor errors but not enough to spoil the reading of the book. I'd give it 3.5, but have rounded it up to four based on the originality of the overall story.
Thanks to the author for sending me a copy.
September 16, 2016
Hearne mixes complex, gritty politics with technology just beyond our own to create a dystopia that is both surprising and all too familiar.
This novel is the third volume in the Transcendence Trilogy. As such, the remainder of this data file poses a risk of corrupting the users surprise file for previous volumes.
Nico Tandelli and Mike O’Driscoll have been imprisoned by mysterious forces. Stephanie Vaughn is trapped in an unresponsive body. And the conservative faction of Global Governance are all but overthrown. But as Indigo reaches for the prize she has lied, stolen, and manipulated her way toward, it is snatched from her. As each struggles to break free, the secret battle for humanity’s future becomes open war.
As befits the conclusion of a trilogy, both the scale and consequences of the plot are larger. However, Hearne deftly avoids catastrophe for the sake of it; at its heart this novel remains the character-driven thriller of previous volumes rather than becoming apocalyptic techno-porn.
The previous volumes having shown that national governments were not the answer to humanity’s ills and that Global Governance is corrupt, this volume asks the necessary question: what might replace them? Even if the world isn’t too far gone to change, is there a fair and incorruptible method of ruling it?
Hearne, true to the cyberpunk ethos, casts the most likely outcome as a different secret government of plutocrats and sociopaths. However, he doesn’t allow the strong plausibility of this outcome to make the narrative bleak; there are moments of hope, and opportunities to make little compromises to resist greater evils.
It is this compromising of principles (or goals in some cases) that most strongly marks the recurring characters. Having previously fought to survive, they must now choose between the probable benefit of the few and the chance of benefitting the many; with no guarantees either will work.
And with each major character having a slightly different vision of victory, but lacking the resources to achieve it on their own, each person takes the fight to the enemy with half-an-eye on the ally of convenience at their back.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel greatly. I recommend it to readers seeking a cyberpunk thriller with depth.
I received a free copy from the author with no obligation to review.
This novel is the third volume in the Transcendence Trilogy. As such, the remainder of this data file poses a risk of corrupting the users surprise file for previous volumes.
Nico Tandelli and Mike O’Driscoll have been imprisoned by mysterious forces. Stephanie Vaughn is trapped in an unresponsive body. And the conservative faction of Global Governance are all but overthrown. But as Indigo reaches for the prize she has lied, stolen, and manipulated her way toward, it is snatched from her. As each struggles to break free, the secret battle for humanity’s future becomes open war.
As befits the conclusion of a trilogy, both the scale and consequences of the plot are larger. However, Hearne deftly avoids catastrophe for the sake of it; at its heart this novel remains the character-driven thriller of previous volumes rather than becoming apocalyptic techno-porn.
The previous volumes having shown that national governments were not the answer to humanity’s ills and that Global Governance is corrupt, this volume asks the necessary question: what might replace them? Even if the world isn’t too far gone to change, is there a fair and incorruptible method of ruling it?
Hearne, true to the cyberpunk ethos, casts the most likely outcome as a different secret government of plutocrats and sociopaths. However, he doesn’t allow the strong plausibility of this outcome to make the narrative bleak; there are moments of hope, and opportunities to make little compromises to resist greater evils.
It is this compromising of principles (or goals in some cases) that most strongly marks the recurring characters. Having previously fought to survive, they must now choose between the probable benefit of the few and the chance of benefitting the many; with no guarantees either will work.
And with each major character having a slightly different vision of victory, but lacking the resources to achieve it on their own, each person takes the fight to the enemy with half-an-eye on the ally of convenience at their back.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel greatly. I recommend it to readers seeking a cyberpunk thriller with depth.
I received a free copy from the author with no obligation to review.
May 9, 2020
I enjoyed this, it was a good ending to the trilogy, although the epilogue indicates that there could be more (I really like Oscar and want to see more of him).
Some of the characters got what they deserved, others I was sad to see go.
Over time I think this is a trilogy I will be happy to read again.
Some of the characters got what they deserved, others I was sad to see go.
Over time I think this is a trilogy I will be happy to read again.
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January 6, 2019
This only just scrapes a 4: it is cliché, cliché, cliché, but it is also quite a lot of fun with all the trilogy's story strands neatly concluded.
September 22, 2016
The final book of the Transcendence Trilogy and the one of which I'm most proud. Let me know if you enjoyed it too!
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