Cyborg

by J.C.H. Rigby

It was just another assignment until Chambers witnessed alien ships, escaped an invasion and was threatened into silence. Can he break the cyborg story with his life intact? Invited by big-hitting corporation ARTOK, combat journalist David Chambers, is visiting the planet Parnassus to report on the ‘Human Enhancement Programme’ when he witnesses the unthinkable, a crash site of an alien ship. The huge structure contained alien bodies and, more importantly, alien technology, but, before Chambers could digest the scene, a rival corporation invades, and Chambers barely escapes with his life. Chambers retreats to the safety of his habitat of Orchard accompanied by Richter and his team, but, Chamber’s is unaware of the extent of the corporation’s reach. On their arrival, they are arrested, and only Chambers is released, but not before he is threatened into silence. Richter, however, needs to be heard, his avatar reaches out to Chambers with harrowing tales of special forces, secret missions, violence and trickery resulting in the creation of half-humans, half-machines – cyborgs like himself. Richter recruits Chambers to tell his story and expose the terrifying truth of the corporation’s despicable plans for humanity. But with billions of dollars at stake, the corporations cannot let the story break and will do everything in their power to keep their secrets safe.

308 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Dan Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a cracking read, both for SF afficionados and genre newcomers. Wide-reaching and ambitious in its scope but focused in its story-telling, Cyborg takes the reader from the front lines of intergalactic battles to the shadiest corridors of power, and introduces us to a host of complex and compelling characters. Richly descriptive and full of both great world-building and taut action sequences, I would especially recommend this book for fans of Battlestar Galactica or Iain M. Banks. Looking forward to the next one in the series already.

[Roh Bawt · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got this book in Audio and simply couldn't take the narrator. They did nothing particularly wrong that I can point at. The closest I can get to an explanation would be that their accent and general manner of speaking made it... irritating to try and follow what they are saying for me. I have no idea why. I would suggest that anyone thinking about getting this book in audioformate listen to a sample a few times to see if its an issue for them.

And honestly the first bit I listened to didn't inspire me to want to get the book in text format. Maybe at some point later.