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MY REVIEW

First off, I want to let you, the reader, know that this book is outside my reading genre. I am venturing into the unknown, for me. I am reading more ‘digitally’ targeted stories to stretch my imagination and open my mind to new possibilities. My rating may not do the book justice for those who thrive in the cyberpunk world.

Maybe because I am unfamiliar with cyberpunk and this is a novella, but I was confused in the beginning. It took me a while to get involved in the story, a whodunit, a who took ‘my’ money story.

It is definitely a wild ride into the digital world. All I could think of to relate the story to was The Matrix, but I never watched the movie in it’s entirety. I knew the moment Aed gave control to Null, he would regret it, but he does get his answers. I think it is a wake up call for all of us. No matter what…you can be hacked. Where there is a will, there is a way.

I had numerous WTH moments, but, you in the know, know. For a virtual reality novice like me, it took me a while to get involved, but, once I did, I had to know the outcome. No one is immune to betrayal and I had to know whodunit.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Streetcab Seshjack by Olle Ordsmed.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos — 3 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

Aedan Namakoto is a man torn between two lives. Online, he is the respected founder of a VR network promising virtual worlds free from invasive ads and surreptitious surveillance. Offline, he’s a guilt-ridden single father in poor health, working obsessively to escape the past.

But one day his two lives collide.

When a mysterious hacker pulls off an impossible crypto heist, Aedan is left broke and his network on the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate to take back what’s his, Aedan seeks help from his estranged brother, the powerful CEO of a rivaling VR network. But an enemy is a dangerous ally. And when Aedan does the unthinkable — borrowing a body against the will of its owner — he is betrayed in the worst possible way.

Genre: Cyberpunk, Fantasy, Fiction, Novella, Science Fiction
94 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 19, 2023
ISBN: 9789152764183 (ISBN10: 9152764184)
Language: English

ABOUT OLLE ORDSMED

Olle Ordsmed is a science fiction writer fascinated by humankind’s struggle to adapt to her own inventions. He made his literary debut in 2023 with the cyberpunk novella Streetcab Seshjack.
To pursue a career as an author, he alternates yearly between working as a software developer and writing full-time. His go-to remedies for writer’s block are night walks and pitch-black showers.

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