A Cyberpunk Saga: Box Set, Books 1-3

By: Matthew A. Goodwin

Narrated by: Zachary Johnson

Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

He has discovered their terrible secret, but can he take down the world’s largest mega-corporation before it’s too late?

Orphaned and alone, Moss is happy to have found a place in the world. But his humdrum working routines take a terrifying turn when a mysterious woman breaks into his apartment and hands him a data chip from his dead parents. Suddenly hearing messages revealing his benevolent employer has a far darker side, he braves the dangerous megacity streets in search of the truth.

Surrounded by outcasts and criminals and running on instinct, Moss stumbles onto a rebel group intent on exposing their corrupt oppressors. And though he fears for his life when his old boss has put a price on his head, the naïve man believes the key to taking down the enemy may lie inside the high-tech device…and his own cerebral cortex.

Will Moss’ attempt to fight the power cause him to terminally short circuit?

Now in one place, get the first three books of the international best-selling series A Cyberpunk Saga. If you like everyman heroes, realistic characters, futuristic tech, and immersive dystopian worlds, then you’ll love Matthew A. Goodwin’s mind-expanding epic.

This epic box set contains the first three books of the best-selling science-fiction series with bonus content.

©2021 Matthew A. Goodwin (P)2022 Matthew A. Goodwin

keep your politics out of the story

but was all right not great but keep you gently politics out of the story I don't want to hear that trash

Fascinating take

Great story over all although some small parts seemed more like filler then actual story progression. But that only happened 2 times. I highly recommend it to anyone who loved cyberpunk 2077 and needs a fix waiting for the next game or dlc.

Entertaining Crew Heist Sof Science Fiction

I got this book because it came up under the Cyberpunk tag, and it didn't really deliver on that front. There are elements of cyberpunk, but I feel like we need to coin the phrase Soft Cyberpunk to describe many of the books that I have listened to under that tag lately.

Some of the elements borrowed from the Cyberpunk genre include: characters with cybernetic limbs or neural implants, mega-corps that govern the planet, oppressed citizens, and a climate that has been trashed. Even though the book includes Cyberpunk elements, I feel like book's tone was too hopeful for a Cyberpunk book.

Part of the cheery tone comes down to the narrator, who did a good job with the voices and made the character expression feel lively. In-world, there is an excuse for this, because the character narrator was not exposed to the hard realities outside of a mega-corp for most of his life.

The other part of the hope and cheer in this book comes down to the book's pacing. The book focuses on action scenes more than world building. There is some world building, but it feels rushed and only serves as a means to get back to the action scenes.

While it may seem like I didn't enjoy the book, I found it entertaining, it just didn't live up to my idea of a good Cyberpunk book. Once I finish listening to a few other books, I will probably try to find the next collection in this series.

Over-all it was a fun read, but fun isn't normally what wrong expect to funny d in a Cyberpunk novel. I would say it is more like a Ready Player 2 than a Neuromancer.

amazing story

great story it was very long and detailed loved the chemistry between the characters really really loved this

Amazing Saga

Outstanding performance 🎭 of the trilogy, Amazing book and storytelling. I’m very satisfied and shall continue on the next series. This is a pure cyberpunk dystopian fantasy thriller 📣🤖👍🫶🏻

Good value, fun story, a few gripes.

Overall I like this book set. Plenty of time with the characters, good characters, very-good voice acting, and an interesting story arc. Great value for the cost. If you like SciFi, and heist stories, its a good pickup but not a masterpiece.

Ups: the voice actor kills it. Though he reads a little quickly sometimes. The book is quick, and the prose is easy to follow. Lead is relatable, and the supporting characters are interesting. The overall arc is great, and the tone and feel treat the genre with respect. Good dialog, often funny, good drama. Pulls at the heart strings.

Downs: ends abruptly IMO. Feels like it could culminate in something more satisfying. The world is a little more black and white than I prefer, though that may be more of a criticism of cyberpunk as a genre; if you read Necromancer, for example, you don’t find the same, “crops bad and only bad” sort of simplicity. The author does mitigate this sometimes, but it lacks integration with the world itself.

Is it Cyberpunk? It doesn’t have the same concerns that other forms of the genre have, exploring human nature and technology, body modification, etc. Considering the chance to update from the 1990s vision of the tech future, this book also misses a bit. No 3D printing? Crypto? Blockchain? Online Assets, Social media? Hard to imagine a future without it. It isn’t a brutal, almost YA until the parts with explicit violence and sex. It doesn’t have the nihilism of Cyberpunk Edgerunners, the digital landscape of Neuromancer or the high-tech romp of Cyberpunk 2077. But the aesthetics and world-building feel appropriate.

exceptional

These books where great and held my interest. I definitely would recommend these. Especially to those who've played the game. two thumbs up

good stuff

very immersive and good story telling, I don't listen to audiobooks but damn it was good!

If you’ve just binged Edgerunners!

A must read since I’m sure Edgrunners has you starving for more Cyberpunk. Dive deeper into the lore and enjoy all the things the classic tale has to offer!

MOAR!

Cannot wait to get the rest of the series. If you loved Neuromancer you'll be into this series as well, I think it tries very hard to pay homage to it...and nails it. I will say that it tends to stay within a comfort zone tech-wise but not much compares to Neuromancer's cutting edge stuff when considering the era it came out. This feels like a great story set in the Cyberpunk game if that helps :)