Although tagged as YA fiction older readers will be equally engrossed. The audio version is magnificent - with out of space music, electronic beeps and sound effects, mechanical voices, along with passion and urgency in the human narrators - an engrossing performance. Amie Kaufman Illuminae: 1 Paperback Illustrated, 25 April 2017 by Amie Kaufman (Author), Jay Kristoff (Author) 2,555 ratings Book 1 of 3: The Illuminae Files See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 69.45 2 Used from 12.54 6 New from 47.94 Paperback 29.96 1 Used from 12.49 13 New from 18. This is a complex and thought provoking story with strong characters facing life and death moral choices. Tough, resourceful computer hacker Kady is the main protagonist along with AI (Aiden) - the computer who manipulates events so that the captains no longer trust him. However they are tracked by a lethal warship intent on obliterating all evidence of the deed and all survivors. Survivors are rescued by a fleet of damaged space ships. Told from multiple perspectives - human, mechanical and from reports and recordings, the overarching theme is of a hostile takeover of a planet inhabited by an illegal mining company that uses biological warfare that results in those exposed becoming raving, aggressive and murderous. When the only person you trust is a computer.Ī totally original, gripping and engrossing novel.
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