Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.
Planned Obsolescence Loudhailer Books, it's 361 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.
This is an interesting and well written fictional deep dive about the role religion plays in humanity's development and existence, consensual reality, perception, self determination, all wrapped up in an ancient mystery. There will be inevitable comparisons to Dan Brown's Langdon books (Da Vinci code, et. al.). I also got a distinct faint Lovecraftian vibe from some of the setup (creepy forbidden manuscript, secret societies, indifferent/absent/malevolent alien overlords, etc).
Three and a half stars. An interesting and thought provoking book. Well written.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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Reading updates
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