Science Fiction (Cyberpunk) / Thriller
Date Published: September 1, 2016
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Awards: 2017 Compton Crook Finalist for best first science fiction novel!
In Sleep State Interrupt, a giant media corporation has taken over the Internet, created an addictive virtual reality called BetterWorld, and controls nearly all information. Politicians do their bidding and a brainwashed humanity serves a privileged few.
Waylee Freid, an unemployed Baltimore journalist with ever-worsening bipolar disorder, is the only hope for a brighter future. She and her countercultural friends bust a notorious teenage hacker out of jail and sneak into a closed presidential fundraiser at the Smithsonian castle, where they hope to record incriminating admissions that will wake up the world. Hunted by Homeland Security, Waylee and her friends must reach a sufficient audience by broadcasting their video during the Super Bowl. But to do so, they'll have to break into one of the most secure facilities ever built.
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My Review:
A big media corporation has taken over the internet creating
a whole new world on the Comnet known as BetterWorld where people can go and
meet up and have a few drinks, a place to relax and have a good time or to
relieve a little stress after a hard day’s work.
In reality BetterWorld is just a place for this big company
and probably the government as well to help control people and to keep them
occupied so that they will not get nosy and start investigating to see what
they are really up to and what goes on behind the scenes.
Waylee wants to expose MediaCorp for what they really are
and enlist the help of her comrades and friends. They break a world famous
teenage hacker out of jail to help them expose MediaCorp to the world. They
cover up their trail very well or so they believe until the police turn up on
their doorstep which sends the group on the run and into hiding and depending
on others to keep them safe and hidden but with a high bounty on their heads it
is very hard to find someone to trust.
Waylee and crew jump from safe house to safe house trying to
evade the law and stay out of jail. In the meantime Waylee still has plans to
expose MediaCorp and has a plan but can she pull it off? Can she evade the
police long enough to get the job done?
Sleep State Interrupt was a very enjoyable read that kept me
turning the pages to see what Waylee and crew had up their sleeves. I am somewhat
of a computer nerd myself and loved all the computer jargon.
I was rooting for Waylee and her friends hoping they wouldn’t
get caught and that they would end up completing their agenda. I got to thinking,
I am rooting for criminals, what am I doing? Then I thought are they wrong? Are
they doing the right thing? The thing is that what MediaCorp is doing is not
right either. So if MediaCorp is wrong then who is right? What MediaCorp is doing to the internet and
the people maybe legal but is it morally right?
Sleep State Interrupt is a very interesting and intriguing
story that is very close to what is going on in the world today. Do you like
computer hacking? Do you love computers? Are you a conspiracy theorist? If so
then you are going to love Sleep State Interrupt. Pick up your copy today to
see if Waylee and crew complete their mission.
About the Author
Ted Weber has pursued writing and music since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with a little bit of physics. Trapped at home during the "Snowmageddon" of 2010, he transformed those interests into novel writing, and has completed four novels and a number of short stories since then. By day, Mr. Weber works as an ecologist for a non-profit organization and has had over twenty scientific papers and book chapters published. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Karen. He enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents.
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