An eerie modern take on Orwell's 1984. What struck me the most was the plausibility. It's crossed my mind, as I'm sure it has yours, that a monopoly online retailer has the power to change the world. Is changing the world.

In the USA especially, where convenience and instant gratification rule, it is easy to 'go with the flow' without looking at the possible consequences. Portrayed so well in this story.

The world has become a harsh environment. We have polluted and consumed to the edge of extinction. There is only one escape - The Cloud -

The Cloud is a behemoth online retailer that provides for all your needs including housing and medical care if you're one of the lucky ones to work for them. The conditions seem atrocious to us readers, but to the characters who have only the harsher outside world to go to it's better than nothing. It's truly scary to see how the characters are easily brainwashed into 'the system'. It's even scarier to think that it could/would happen to me.

Hang on for this thrilling ride into a near future reality. The end will have you gasping and asking for more.


Review ARC graciously provided by the publisher via NetGalley