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Faction 9: A Novel of Revolution
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Meet Jack Tone. Thirty years old. Depressed and lonely. An information analyst in the sprawling Federal security bureaucracy. It’s the year 2041, and America is a country ruled by ruthless billionaires and war profiteers.
In Jack’s America, the aristocrats live in luxurious depravity, while regular citizens struggle for existence. And the politicians just smirk—all the way ...more
In Jack’s America, the aristocrats live in luxurious depravity, while regular citizens struggle for existence. And the politicians just smirk—all the way ...more
Kindle Edition, 482 pages
Published
January 19th 2018
by James Firelocke
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Sophomoric
Could have been written in a frat house by a bunch or beer swilling (like most of the characters did most of the time) frat brothers overusing a thesaurus due to a lack of vocabulary. You might like this book if you are afflicted by the disease called liberalism and enjoy outlandish political parody and satire. Bernie Sanders and the Squad would make this their bible.
Could have been written in a frat house by a bunch or beer swilling (like most of the characters did most of the time) frat brothers overusing a thesaurus due to a lack of vocabulary. You might like this book if you are afflicted by the disease called liberalism and enjoy outlandish political parody and satire. Bernie Sanders and the Squad would make this their bible.
A new type of fiction from Amazon
This book almost got a quick toss back to Amazon; the first 30 pages made me so confused about the plot. Don't give up on this book. It's a different approach to the shoot-em-up novels currently popular today. THe good guys are not known until halfway through the book 'cause everybody seems to have a hidden agenda. Stick to it, though. It's a fun ride. Hope this author keeps writing. ...more
This book almost got a quick toss back to Amazon; the first 30 pages made me so confused about the plot. Don't give up on this book. It's a different approach to the shoot-em-up novels currently popular today. THe good guys are not known until halfway through the book 'cause everybody seems to have a hidden agenda. Stick to it, though. It's a fun ride. Hope this author keeps writing. ...more
I liked the book I thought the idea of corporations acquiring ultimate power was plausible and an interesting idea. In terms of making sense, this aspect is the only one that did. Humans changing into monsters, alien species forming the major conflict for this book diminished the degree to which I can comfortably say this book is science fiction and not fantasy. Not a bad book, it was entertaining and easy to read, but it did not live up to the expectations I had for it coming in.
DNF. The world of Faction 9 was interesting, but the world-building was told through large infodumps, not shown through the story. I felt the style of the prose was also grating to me, with an overreliance on adverbs and dialog tags. The novel could have been salvaged with a proper edit. Unfortunately, it didn't get one.
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Easy to review. This sucks. No question. Written by someone who tried inventing a story to push a political agenda, and boring readers to tears in the process with inane writing. At least Chuck Wendig can do the story and his agenda together, this book does neither. Avoid at all costs. Actually, it might appeal to some Bernie Sanders bootlickers, that's about it.
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I loved this book! It's a witty, irreverent tale of the coming Corporateocracy with some hilarious characters. A must read, especially for sci-fi lovers.
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Absolutely loved this book! This is not a book for everyone (i.e. very liberal). If you have a great sense of humor, can see the irony in life and our choices and can keep an open mind, you will love this one.
A great story. Hopefully there will be more set in this disturbing world. Disturbing because it's just an exaggeration of what's going on now.
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Imagining, and hopefully exaggerating, a world in the far future where our current political climate has led to corporations that flagrantly control the government and steer our country's policies to result in maximum profit, the book focuses on those who still resist. The story is oh-so-scarily possible given the results of 2016 and the resulting chaos, but like all good dystopian novels, the story highlights those who refuse to succumb to the madness and try to rescue humans from themselves. O
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I'm an avid reader of the Dystopian genre. Human nature and how societies (real or fictional) work is just a facination of mine. Reading the description of Faction 9 sounded like it was right up my alley because corporate run government dystopias have been particularly appealing to me as of late. I've been extrodinarily anxious about something out of my control and needed a distraction, so I picked up my Kindle with Faction 9 on it, curled up, and started reading. I honestly wasn't that fond of
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In a near future, dystopian America ruled by the corrupt super-rich elite, a government agent joins the rebels. Satirical science fiction.
This starts out as a satire on bureaucracy and security, with government agent Jack Tone dutifully trudging through his work. The satire is heavy-handed in places but amusing. Then it turns into a parody of dystopian science fiction as genetically-engineered monsters, a lost ancient civilisation of cat-people, threatening aliens, and a foaming-at-the-mouth vil ...more
This starts out as a satire on bureaucracy and security, with government agent Jack Tone dutifully trudging through his work. The satire is heavy-handed in places but amusing. Then it turns into a parody of dystopian science fiction as genetically-engineered monsters, a lost ancient civilisation of cat-people, threatening aliens, and a foaming-at-the-mouth vil ...more
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James Firelocke worked as a wage-serf for a gigantic global technology company. Having escaped with his sanity mostly intact (but not entirely), he now writes and does freelance editing.
Firelocke is a radical supporter of local democracy and the absolute equality of all human beings. He believes we need a country whose political and economic leaders are not a pack of rich, self-serving, blitherin ...more
Firelocke is a radical supporter of local democracy and the absolute equality of all human beings. He believes we need a country whose political and economic leaders are not a pack of rich, self-serving, blitherin ...more
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