Review: An electrifying ride through a future world!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2013
This novel is an electrifying ride through a future world! The world is referred to by their community's name New Hanoi and Little Tokyo where people are held hostage. From the beginning, two stories alternate--what is happening in New Hanoi and in Little Tokyo, that, in chapter three, come together; and we begin to see the imminent danger the main character, Rome, is in. Rome owns the largest bookstore in New Hanoi. I won't spoil it by telling you what happens.When I read this, I thought of George Orwell's 1984, but high technology driven. Microchips are implanted in people's bodies, which is an added threat to the seemingly private status of health. Even the character's feelings are not their own, which when aroused stimulate the heart and can reveal the truth. In short, privacy does not exist in this future world where hiding is an art.Why the title "pollen"? Pollen is a substance that is critical to understanding the novel. (It is not the stuff that is carried by wind, that when you inhale, you sneeze.) In the novel, pollen is enticing, alluring and critical to the ongoing survival of this future world. If I explained what pollen is, it would give it away.In this novel Pollen by Aaron Lamb, there is everything: science fiction, mystery and even romance. The insights the reader makes, by reading Pollen, can be applied to our society today.