Beyond Extinction: Even the Concept of Truth is a Lie
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3.1 • 12 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The year is 2077 and the planet is reeling from centuries of human abuse. Worldwide, humans and a new race, genetically-evolved numans, compete for survival as water and food become increasingly scarce. Humans face the prospect of extinction at the hands of the numans who, like Homo sapiens when they pushed Neanderthals into extinction, have a small but decisive edge.
Investigative author Jack Janis and his golden retriever Max find themselves at the center of world events after they fall for Alice Algafari, an alluring but enigmatic researcher, in their quiet rural village. Jack's hopes for an idyllic life with Alice and Max crash amid conspiracy and lethal risks when Alice's boss tries to ensnare them. Alice, Jack and Max are forced to run for their lives.
Meanwhile, Mark Milner is squeezed out of his job at the Numan Broadcasting Corporation, once the British Broadcasting Corporation, and heads for a new life in FedOz as part of a numan government scheme to push humans into emigrating. The life he discovers is far from what he was promised.
Alice's boss, a powerful genetics scientist, is caught in the jaws of numan rebellions, World Council politics and the Military High Command's ambition to let civil authorities fail and then take control. His most dangerous enemy, however, is in his own research center.
A final showdown between compassion and science erupts in Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, with Max emerging as a key to shaping the future of the planet
Customer Reviews
Beyond Extinction
For me, this was an odd read. I liked it and didn't like it. I like perspective turned on its head, flipped, inverted to challenge the reader. The author achieved that. An unflinching look at the brutality and complacent arrogance of humans and the reaction to being subjected to the same sort of entitled arrogance by a "superior" race of beings. This is an uncomfortable feeling and I welcome it. It holds a mirror up to many of the unquestioned assumptions and premises we take for granted. Characterizations were good. World building was good and ultimately quite sad. All in all- a good and somewhat disturbing book. Thanks.
Possible
This makes me think of possibilities in the future! Great read! Truly enjoyed!
Interesting premise. Bad execution.
This book has an engaging beginning, with a frighteningly plausible (if unlikely) scenario. Unfortunately, the story and plot lines begin to fall apart about a third of the way into the book and ultimately devolves into a series of muddled and ham fisted sermons that express the emotions of the author without assisting the story.
The problems with the sermons include, but are not limited to, supporting unthinking veganism, endorsing racial superiority, inciting classism and inducing techno phobia.