Utopia
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Lincoln Child
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Fasten your seat belts - the white-knuckle thrills at Utopia, the world’s most fantastic theme park, escalate to nightmare proportions in this intricately imagined techno-thriller by New York Times best-selling author Lincoln Child.
Rising out of the stony canyons of Nevada, Utopia is a world on the cutting edge of technology. A theme park attracting 65,000 visitors each day, its dazzling array of robots and futuristic holograms make it a worldwide sensation. But ominous mishaps are beginning to disrupt the once flawless technology. A friendly robot goes haywire, causing panic, and a popular roller coaster malfunctions, nearly killing a teenage rider. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant computer engineer who designed much of the park’s robotics, is summoned from the East Coast to get things back on track.
On the day Warne arrives, however, Utopia is caught in the grip of something far more sinister. A group of ruthless criminals has infiltrated the park’s computerized infrastructure, giving them complete access to all of Utopia’s attractions and systems. Their communication begins with a simple and dire warning: If their demands are met, none of the 65,000 people in the park that day will ever know they were there; if not, chaos will descend, and every man, woman, and child will become a target.
As one of the brains behind Utopia, Warne finds himself thrust into a role he never imagined - trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people. And as the minutes tick away, Warne’s struggle to outsmart his opponents grows ever more urgent, for his only daughter is among the unsuspecting crowds in the park.
Lincoln Child evokes the technological wonders of Utopia with such skill and precision it is hard to believe the park exists only in the chapters of this extraordinary book. Like Jurassic Park, Utopia sweeps listeners into a make-believe world of riveting suspense, technology, and adventure.
Utopia - where technology dazzles - and then turns deadly!
©2002 Lincoln Child (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc.Critic Reviews
"Child proves he is capable of fireworks (literally) at the rousing conclusion." (Publishers Weekly)
"The blend of technological jargon and suspense results in a real thrill-a-minute read." (Booklist)
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- hughie522
- 18-09-2018
Awesome setting and characters, so-so story
Utopia, the titular theme park, is a wonder to behold. It's like Disneyland meets Westworld. Child's descriptions are lavish and awe inspiring. The characters, though cliched, are enjoyable. The dynamic between the protagonist and his teenager daughter is spot on. The villain is everything you love to hate - suave, sophisticated but also cold and calculating. Scott Brick's narration is wonderful; his voice is like honey and the inflections he uses to represent different characters is very good. The plot is a let down though. Like the park's attractions, the story is all smoke and mirrors, an excuse to propel the characters from A to B. Once we leave the wonders of the park behind and the story switches to the protagonist's efforts to foil the villain's plans directly, the whole thing falls apart. What's left is a generic resolution to a generic heist story, the sort of thing we've all seen a dozen times before. It's a shame, because Utopia is an amazing bit of world building - the true highlight of this book. It's worth a read, though honestly I was expecting more.
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