The Hereafter eBook Alex Vrettos Laura Goddard
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Paradox Of Choice
Death has become inviting, but may now doom us all.
Utopian Fiction With Dystopia Rising?
A long sought after Utopia is in reach but it is feared that the cure may bring the end of humanity's reign on earth entirely. Urban fantasy has become urban fact – The Hereafter is an artificial afterlife, a man made heaven on earth, that looms at the centre of everything replacing the need for blind faith in life after death because science now promises an existence beyond death. Crime is at an all time low and and religious differences have faded into insignificance taking war with them. Something is not right though, something huge that hasn't even been explored in fiction. Natural disasters are raging across the planet, taking human lives in ways that their minds cannot be rescued and sent to the sanctity of The Hereafter. At the centre of these disasters are figures from religion and mythology such as angels and demons. Viking or Hindu gods are seen to be wreaking havoc and chasing human minds back into the arms of their forgotten creators and rejecting the stories about death that the scientists have told them. The end of the world seems nigh in this atmospheric supernatural thriller.
A hero against the flow.
Krysta is a powerful psychic with an empathic link to Nature and a cunning intolerance to anyone standing in her way. She believes that The Hereafter is actually only trapping souls in the physical world and therefore upsetting the balance of Nature's mind and body causing Her to compensate and risk a human apocalypse. The world does not want to know this heresy though – people do not want to put the doubt back in death.
A paradox.
It comes to Krysta's attention that a frustrated millionaire, Kaylamarr Cromwell, resenting the loss of divine retribution, has made darker science fantasy real by setting up a network of artificial hells around the planet to punish the wicked. He does not believe that the St Peter Squad policy to strip them of their rights to enter The Hereafter is enough. The trouble is that where Kaylamarr's hells are an abomination and an obvious concern, they are actually slowing humanity's impending destruction as they are helping keep another natural balance in check – that of good and evil.
A reluctant protector.
Malachi is a shy but efficient St Peter Squad Agent who once tried to hack The Hereafter which lead to his recruitment. He now ensures that the dead who enter the afterlife are worthy. He is unwittingly on the trail of Kaylamarr when Krysta takes a risk and lures him away from his world within the Squad and into a world built on very different foundations than his training as an agent. She enlists his help to protect Kaylamarr and his hells from being shut down despite this sickening them both to their souls.
Out of control
Events rage across the world and priorities shift – an earth quake to mark the beginning of the end of days, a sword fight between an angel and demon at a party in a fairground fun house, the discovery of a strange street girl with mysterious friends and a dream shared by every living soul across the world to release their dead are all catalysts driving Krysta, Malachi and some unlikely allies to a violent conclusion against the creator of hell on earth and the dark shadow that seems to be controlling him – a force who turns out to be far more than mortals can handle on their own.
Artificial Afterlives.
Science fiction writer Iain M. Banks has given us artificial hells and heavens in novels such as Surface Detail, but this is a story that explores the concept on our own world while at the same time transporting your mind far, far away from your favourite reading spot. If you like stories about death and existence this is a good tale to behold.
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The Hereafter eBook Alex Vrettos Laura Goddard
This is a nicely written story with some well articulated ideas.
I liked it because the writer does not get bogged down with descriptions unless they are essential to the story or the mood. Character descriptions and location descriptions are kept to a minimum trusting the reader to fill in the gaps. There's still some interesting locations such as modern mansion covered in gargoyles and a meeting in a dusty factory with lots of mannequins, a party in a fun house and house full of clocks - enough to make scenes memorable and vivid.
After a prologue that introduces you to the main concept very efficiently, we meet each of the main characters one chapter at a time and each one introduces a different aspect of the changes in the world that took place between now and the start of the story. Each chapter invites you deeper into the story going forward as well.
The characters are strong and believable and where as they start off unrelated slowly weave together with the story. There are strong male characters and a strong female as well. Also a young girl who is quite intriguing right up until the end. The chemistry between the characters works well and carries the story well, and I felt that I bonded with each of them more and more as their stories became involved and they bonded with each other. I felt that I was a part of the group.
Something happens about a third of the way through that really changes gear and we race forwards. The story presents certain difficulties that need to be solved with no clear right or wrong but action needs to be taken. This keeps you reading and keeps you interested. There are lot of ideas about life and death and religion which is good dressing and adds a lot of depth and often left me thinking between reads too.
I wouldn't say the book was impossible to put down, it is not really that kind of book. I was disappointed when it ended though as I was enjoying it. The ending itself is by no means disappointing though and it wraps things up nicely. It is emotional as it does not work out right for all the characters. I also sat there for a few minutes afterwards, just taking it in. I think parts of it will stay with me for a while.
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The Hereafter eBook Alex Vrettos Laura Goddard Reviews
This is a beautifully written book that will open your eyes to a new way of seeing the world, playing with ideas of morality and purpose. Akin to the creative twist on reality seen in the works of Phillip Pullman, Douglas Adams, Jasper Fforde ... the story is gripping and full of big ideas to stimulate debate and inspire personal reflection!
This is a nicely written story with some well articulated ideas.
I liked it because the writer does not get bogged down with descriptions unless they are essential to the story or the mood. Character descriptions and location descriptions are kept to a minimum trusting the reader to fill in the gaps. There's still some interesting locations such as modern mansion covered in gargoyles and a meeting in a dusty factory with lots of mannequins, a party in a fun house and house full of clocks - enough to make scenes memorable and vivid.
After a prologue that introduces you to the main concept very efficiently, we meet each of the main characters one chapter at a time and each one introduces a different aspect of the changes in the world that took place between now and the start of the story. Each chapter invites you deeper into the story going forward as well.
The characters are strong and believable and where as they start off unrelated slowly weave together with the story. There are strong male characters and a strong female as well. Also a young girl who is quite intriguing right up until the end. The chemistry between the characters works well and carries the story well, and I felt that I bonded with each of them more and more as their stories became involved and they bonded with each other. I felt that I was a part of the group.
Something happens about a third of the way through that really changes gear and we race forwards. The story presents certain difficulties that need to be solved with no clear right or wrong but action needs to be taken. This keeps you reading and keeps you interested. There are lot of ideas about life and death and religion which is good dressing and adds a lot of depth and often left me thinking between reads too.
I wouldn't say the book was impossible to put down, it is not really that kind of book. I was disappointed when it ended though as I was enjoying it. The ending itself is by no means disappointing though and it wraps things up nicely. It is emotional as it does not work out right for all the characters. I also sat there for a few minutes afterwards, just taking it in. I think parts of it will stay with me for a while.
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