Clay A Technothriller Halfskin Book 2 eBook Tony Bertauski
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Jamie wants to be a halfskin.
Her life has become dull and pointless. If she had more biomites—synthetic stem cells that promise hope—she could take control of her life. But Jamie’s body is already 49.9% biomites. The rest is clay—her God-given organic cells. Any more biomites and she becomes a halfskin. And halfskins are shutdown.
But there is a way.
Black market biomites, called nixes, can’t be detected by the government’s halfskin hunter, M0ther. Jamie would have to sacrifice her clay to get the nixes, but they would make her halfskin without anyone knowing. Including M0ther. But first she has to find them.
Nix Richards can help. He’s the first halfskin to escape M0ther and Jamie has something he wants. He’ll need her to help him find a fabricator. He’ll betray anyone to get it, even those closest to him.
This psychological thriller will keep Nix and Jamie second-guessing every move while they elude M0ther and Marcus Anderson, the man that wants to rid the world of biomites. But in the end, they’ll all discover just how deep the betrayal goes.
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
WHAT GENRE DO YOU PREFER?
Science fiction, dystopia, technothriller and, to some extent, young adult. I do have a series of novellas in the vampire genre. Yeah, I know. Doesn’t fit. That character, Drayton, came out of nowhere when I was at a community theatre production of Dracula. I figured that an immortal vampire would more likely become compassionate and wise as he grew older. The technothriller Halfskin is similar to vampires in that technology promises immortality and complete control of our bodies. But then what?
WHY A SYNTHETIC STEM CELL?
Organic life is too nilly-willy. We’re limited by our DNA. Give it to the scientists to perfect this vehicle that carries us around because it is a vehicle. If we no longer have organic bodies, if every one of our cells is replaced by something manmade all the way down to the neurons and synapses, then what are we? What if our world is just a computerized environment, ala The Matrix? Would we know the difference? Look, we’re printing organs today. I’m not, but someone is. Some genius has figured out how to push play and heart or liver or kidney comes down the chute. Halfskin takes the idea into the distant future and explores whether this leads to more happiness or just more of the same. Because more money, more problems.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER JOB BESIDES AUTHOR?
Day job, I’m a college horticulture teacher. Writing is a passion. No plans to change it.
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Breathe.
WHAT TALENT WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAVE?
Omnipresent supergalactic oneness.
IF WE HAD A CUSTOM THAT ALLOWED US TO EAT OUR CHILDREN, WHAT KIND OF SAUCE WOULD YOU USE?
Ketchup, the miracle condiment.
ARE OUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES STEALING OUR SOUL? AND IF SO, DO YOU MAKE
OFFERINGS TO YOUR TOASTER?
I offer white bread and the toaster gives back crunchy, brown bread. Never doubt a true miracle.
Clay A Technothriller Halfskin Book 2 eBook Tony Bertauski
This is my fourth from Tony Bertauski and yet again he is able to leave my jaw laying on the floor.There is just something about the Sci Fi that he writes that makes me think that this cannot even be THAT far into the future. People are thinking about this! Bertauski is a zeitgeist, ahead of his time and thinking of things that will come to pass.
The scary thing about that is that this is dystopian. It's horrific and I can see hundreds if not thousands of people wanting to go against Mother but I can also see those that would embrace and think this technology will save humanity.
I'm not even talking characters and plot yet and there is THAT much in here. So many interesting thoughts that I had to give myself time before I could write the review JUST to wrap my brain around all of this!
But, as in other books by Bertauski, the characters are there. The plot is definitely there. The narration jumps back and forth a bit but I was able to keep up with it for the most part. His books are like this and I think it is great because the reader gets to see all points of view, not just the main character. If we were stuck with Nix we would have no idea what really happened inside the warehouse at the beginning, and that was a phenomenal start to this story!
David W. Dietz does it yet again. I'm so glad they kept the same narrator. I was in love with his rendition of book one and loved it all the more in this one. There is just something about his intensity that adds to the dystopian feel. It adds that anxiety that the characters are supposed to feel. The audio was amazing and this might be one that I listen to again just because this is a deep story. I normally would switch to reading if I wanted to get more out of a story, but this one just lends itself to be heard.
Amazing story, fantastic writing, and great audio make me want more from Bertauski!
Received by author at audiobookreviewer.com for an honest review.
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Clay A Technothriller Halfskin Book 2 eBook Tony Bertauski Reviews
It was a slog getting through this. At the end you get a great big load of exposition explaining the point of it all. If the story itself doesn't deliver the point of it all, it doesn't make me any happier to have it explained at the end.
This is a first part of a series. It is science fiction at its best. I was totally immersed and enjoyed it. However you need to read "Halfskin" after you finish this story to end any linguring doubts about the end of the story. It is very interesting and a little scary. You will enjoy it.
Tony Bertauski has done it again. The world created in Half-Skin continues to entice the reader deeper into the question of what is reality. He cannot write the third book in this series fast enough for me. The trials and tribulations of his characters feel like those of old friends and I can only hope a happy ending for them all.
I read the first story in A Taste of Tomorrow. It was a very good story so I bought the second book. Good follow through on technology on its uses and misuses. I can imagine several books that come off of this story line. Well written, good characters and the story moves at a nice pace. The story stays very main stream and stays away from adult content and controversy and can be read by almost all ages. I will read the next story and try other books of his.
I raved about Halfskin [the first book], and could hardly wait to get my hands on Clay [the second book], but even as I reached for my , I couldn't help feeling a small stab of apprehension. Would Clay fall prey to second book syndrome, and make me feel like I'd 'been there, seen that, what's new?'
I'm here to tell you that Clay did not disappoint. Tony Bertauski not only sidestepped the trap of 'been there, seen that', he also resolved the questions raised in Halfskins, AND added a delicious twist.
Excellent, grown-up science fiction. Highly recommended.
I first read the Foreverland trilogy, which was very good and had an ending with real heart. I wasn't sure Halfskin, the first volume of this trilogy was as good, but Clay followed up brilliantly. As many reviewers have previously noted, this sci-fi book, as all of the great ones, deals with the issues of what makes us human and what constitutes good and evil. You have all of that here, plus the end made me cry. And I'm not all that weepy, either. I look forward to the 3rd book, Clay, impatiently.
After Nix and Cali succeed in getting away from Marcus and Mother, they manage to stay hidden for 20 years. But things have not gone well between Nix and Cali, a desire to bring Raine to the real world has caused a rift between the two. As Mother's power has grown, she has started creating people completely from biomites, the numbers of these "bricks" as they are called she has been keeping hidden. But in the end it is all found out when Cali discovers that she, Nix, Mother and Marcus are very much alike in ways they would never believe.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series and I highly recommend the series.
This is my fourth from Tony Bertauski and yet again he is able to leave my jaw laying on the floor.
There is just something about the Sci Fi that he writes that makes me think that this cannot even be THAT far into the future. People are thinking about this! Bertauski is a zeitgeist, ahead of his time and thinking of things that will come to pass.
The scary thing about that is that this is dystopian. It's horrific and I can see hundreds if not thousands of people wanting to go against Mother but I can also see those that would embrace and think this technology will save humanity.
I'm not even talking characters and plot yet and there is THAT much in here. So many interesting thoughts that I had to give myself time before I could write the review JUST to wrap my brain around all of this!
But, as in other books by Bertauski, the characters are there. The plot is definitely there. The narration jumps back and forth a bit but I was able to keep up with it for the most part. His books are like this and I think it is great because the reader gets to see all points of view, not just the main character. If we were stuck with Nix we would have no idea what really happened inside the warehouse at the beginning, and that was a phenomenal start to this story!
David W. Dietz does it yet again. I'm so glad they kept the same narrator. I was in love with his rendition of book one and loved it all the more in this one. There is just something about his intensity that adds to the dystopian feel. It adds that anxiety that the characters are supposed to feel. The audio was amazing and this might be one that I listen to again just because this is a deep story. I normally would switch to reading if I wanted to get more out of a story, but this one just lends itself to be heard.
Amazing story, fantastic writing, and great audio make me want more from Bertauski!
Received by author at audiobookreviewer.com for an honest review.
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