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The Information Thieves
Dallas in the near future–a city full of high-tech companies, sprawling tent cities, miracles, and dangerous secrets. Eli's family thinks he just plays computer games with a group of harmless nerds called the Merry Men. But when he disappears, the CIA, an underworld ninja, and worse yet, World Tech corporate security start chasing him. Now the race is on as his family, a shady art dealer, a cloned superboy and a reborn Neanderthal try to find him in time.
- GenresScience Fiction
157 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 6, 2012
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February 25, 2013
I seem to have started in the middle of a series with this book, but the story is a complete one. The book is tagged as high-tech, which is true to some extent. The future portrayed is of a world trying to adjust to climatic change that has flooded previously habitable areas and changed the face of the world's landscape. Most of the advanced technology is in the hands of rich, powerful corporations.
The trigger event is Eli's computer hacking of one such corporation, World Tech. This is the first domino in a series that exposes World Tech's criminal carelessness and illegal experiments. Other dominoes follow - a graphic painting, a young man, a young boy, an assassination attempt. All are important factors in the story, not requiring any advanced technology. The assassin uses a sword, for example. I liked that little nod to history.
What I read was an excellent story about family dynamics. The core family, the extended family, and some adopted family all work together to protect Eli and Julia, with just a little help from the FBI. The assassin turns her back on World Tech immediately when her family orders her to do so. This mixed bag of people have plenty of conflicts and issues, but also have the same interests. How they work together to protect those interests and each other is the heart of the story, and is very well done.
This book misses the 5 stars for a couple of reasons. The story flowed smoothly until nearly the end, where the last section is an abrupt scene change. It was a little confusing, and it took a couple of paragraphs to deduce that several weeks, if not months, had elapsed since the previous scene. Some of what occurred during that time period is explained, but not all. There are a couple of loose ends. Also, I read the Kindle edition, which contained a number of errors that should be addressed with some editing. It was just enough to be a bit distracting.
Still, I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the first book in the series as well.
The trigger event is Eli's computer hacking of one such corporation, World Tech. This is the first domino in a series that exposes World Tech's criminal carelessness and illegal experiments. Other dominoes follow - a graphic painting, a young man, a young boy, an assassination attempt. All are important factors in the story, not requiring any advanced technology. The assassin uses a sword, for example. I liked that little nod to history.
What I read was an excellent story about family dynamics. The core family, the extended family, and some adopted family all work together to protect Eli and Julia, with just a little help from the FBI. The assassin turns her back on World Tech immediately when her family orders her to do so. This mixed bag of people have plenty of conflicts and issues, but also have the same interests. How they work together to protect those interests and each other is the heart of the story, and is very well done.
This book misses the 5 stars for a couple of reasons. The story flowed smoothly until nearly the end, where the last section is an abrupt scene change. It was a little confusing, and it took a couple of paragraphs to deduce that several weeks, if not months, had elapsed since the previous scene. Some of what occurred during that time period is explained, but not all. There are a couple of loose ends. Also, I read the Kindle edition, which contained a number of errors that should be addressed with some editing. It was just enough to be a bit distracting.
Still, I enjoyed this book enough to want to read the first book in the series as well.
April 23, 2013
The story is set a short while after the time of "The Raft People" story. It follows a family that is interwound in the politics of a major corporation. Some "hackers" get into the information of the corporation and share information about a scandal that was covered up. While the story unfolds, we find out the corporation has been involved in a number of nefarious operations and they will stop at nothing to keep the information from getting out.
This was a good story and kept my interest throughout. I liked the author's previous story "the Raft People" but found it a bit tedious at times. This story was a fast read with a lot of action. I like this timeline and would like to read more about how the world is shaped after the last great flood.
This was a good story and kept my interest throughout. I liked the author's previous story "the Raft People" but found it a bit tedious at times. This story was a fast read with a lot of action. I like this timeline and would like to read more about how the world is shaped after the last great flood.
May 11, 2013
I somewhat enjoyed this tale, set in the world of Katz's the Raft People. At times it seemed a bit heavy-handed; too much "telling" and not enough "showing", though it had some interesting moments. For a book that dealt with a number of ethical issues, I felt as though it glossed over them too much. The ending was also a bit of a disappointment. Usually I wouldn't finish a book that I only rated 2-stars (more often than not, if I'm not enjoying a book, it gets relegated to the "abandoned" pile, but The Information Thieves, has some redeeming qualities, and the subject matter kept me interested enough to keep me going until the end.
February 7, 2013
Love the new cover!
ML Katz strikes back! Come journey to a future Dallas (not so far in the future) where the eyesore tent cities can't be pushed back, even by giant multi-national companies that are more powerful than the government.
If you like high tech sci fi adventures with all sorts of cyber crime, cloned oddities, and even some tough family relationships, go for it. Read something different for a change.
ML Katz strikes back! Come journey to a future Dallas (not so far in the future) where the eyesore tent cities can't be pushed back, even by giant multi-national companies that are more powerful than the government.
If you like high tech sci fi adventures with all sorts of cyber crime, cloned oddities, and even some tough family relationships, go for it. Read something different for a change.
August 5, 2016
This is my review from amazon.com dated 3/29/2013
Title: Love this Universe!
I loved reading the first book Raft People [which you do not have to read first before this one]. So another book in the same universe interested me. This book started out great but the ending was really quick, I wish there was more to the ending of the book. Other than that another great book in the Raft people universe, would love to read more!
Title: Love this Universe!
I loved reading the first book Raft People [which you do not have to read first before this one]. So another book in the same universe interested me. This book started out great but the ending was really quick, I wish there was more to the ending of the book. Other than that another great book in the Raft people universe, would love to read more!
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