Review: Brave New World
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2011
Imagine you're a 19th Century gambler and con man meeting your fiancee and her maid in a mine you own. An explosion releases a strange gas and when you wake up, it's the 25th Century. The world you know is gone, replaced by a tyranical oligarchy where ten families control the world and the average citizen wears a chip that serves as both GPS and execution device. Discover that the survivor of the two women trapped with you is more like you than you can possibly imagine. And you want her more than you can possibly imagine.Welcome to Max Turner's new world, one he is determined to conquer. Aided by the irrepressible Maddie, ersatz wife, lover, con woman, a renegade doctor, and the most original cyborg since the Terminator, Max must work his plot to overcome the family that rules North America and lay the groundwork for revolution.LJ DeLeon has created a world frightening in its sterility and tyranny, then put a Brett Maverick-type character in the center of it with a plan to conquer and change the world he finds. You will root for Max and Maddie to succeed in their plan as well as find each other. You will also want great things for Dr. Roberts and cyborg AID3C in future books in this series.If you like cyberpunk or futuristic romance, you will adore this book.