Plexus

by Troy Wilcoxson

Plexus is an action-packed sci-fi love story—Tom Clancy meets Romeo and Juliet—that follows three characters on an unlikely adventure: Jiro, a dying boy; Emily, a wounded veteran with a blurry past; and Zach, a struggling cop trying to find his sister. As their paths converge, they find themselves in the middle of a national collapse and have to work together to survive the chaos.
Jiro
A young boy finds himself on his deathbed trying to comprehend why his mind is being uploaded into the computer. His doctor explains that a copy of his consciousnes is his last gift to the parents who love him very much. It is a way for them to see him grow up, even though he is gone.
Emily
If Jason Bourne and Lara Croft had a daughter, it would be Emily Wedlund. A wounded army veteran with a shattered past, Emily assembles her lost memories to find that her future holds a greater journey than anything she has ever experienced—a journey that she could never have predicted.
Zach
There is no line Zachary Becker won’t cross to find his captive sister. As the struggling cop unravels the grim truth about his sister’s mystery, Zach enters into the darkest moments of his life. But it is here that he discovers something that will change his world, pointing him toward a path unlike anything he could have imagined.

530 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 9, 2015

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Based on the synopsis I was expecting this story to be a little bit of science fiction, a little dystopia, a bit of romance thrown in, and some interesting back stories. This story could instead be classified as horror with very miniscule amounts of the above thrown in. This strikes me as a first attempt at writing/publishing and while I can respect that, the author has a long way to go. The writing, while technically correct, sometimes reads more like an instruction manual, dotted with comic book type words ("CRASH", "BANG", "POW", etc....). The story itself felt disjointed and overrun with gore...and a lot of it made no sense (at least in my opinion). There were evil androids - but they bled, cried, urinated, ate, etc...). I wasn't quite sure what made them different from humans. Apparently they had some extra strength but one of the main characters was easily able to punch them unconscious. The protagonists bounced back from all kinds of physical beatings without much long lasting effect. Characters would pop into the story without any real purpose other than to provide more gore when they got caught. When a group of toys joins the fight, I more or less lost any remaining tidbit of interest I was clinging onto. This just wasn't my cup of tea.