Foreverland Boxed

A Science Fiction Thriller

By: Tony Bertauski

Narrated by: Tony Bertauski

Length: 25 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

The Annihilation of Foreverland: When kids awaken on an island, they're told there was an accident. Before they can go home, they will visit Foreverland, an alternate reality that will heal their minds.

Foreverland Is Dead: Six teenage girls wake with no memories. One of them is in a brick mansion, her blonde hair as shiny as her shoes. The others are in a cabin, their names tagged to the insides of their pants. Their heads shaved. Slashes mark the cabin wall like someone has been counting.

Hundreds of them.

Ashes of Foreverland: Tyler Ballard was in prison when his son created a dreamworld called Foreverland, a place so boundless and spellbinding that no one ever wanted to leave. Or did. Now his son is dead, his wife is comatose, and Tyler is still imprisoned.

But he planned it that way.

©2015 Tony Bertauski (P)2016 Tony Bertauski

Foreverland boxed

I got 1/2 way thru before giving up on this.The premise while interesting turned it into a very hard book for me to keep sorted.The beginning with Danny coming to the facility and not knowing who, what,where or why kept me intrigued for a few hours.It just went on for too long.Tony Bertauski is a fine narrator.I was provided this book free by the author ,narrator or publisher.

Fabulous

This set is amazing! Tony, yet again. You never cease to amaze me. Excellent narrating too!

Amazingly Inventive and Compelling Science Fiction

I was one of the fortunate readers who had access to two parts of Tony Bertauski's fascinating saga and thus jumped on the opportunity to get the full story. "Foreverland Boxed" in all its sections is original, frightening, suspenseful and provocative science fiction. What if we had the capacity to wipe the frontal lobes of young persons with few resources and social ties and let the richest 1% take over young bodies when their own bodies are sick, old, or not beautiful enough?

Recently I re-read two of my favorite sf classics, "This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin and "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress. What makes these books timeless is the way they focus on attributes of human nature that never change: our drive for power, comfort, wealth, and security. And what happens when someone questions these values, and the way they are achieved? Unlike all other species, we are the one animal with an uneasy relationship with our environment and members of our own human race. We have yet to find a socioeconomic solution that takes care of everyone's needs--and in the process of seeking this solution, we have committed unforgivable atrocities.

Greed in all its forms is the true villain in Foreverland. Greed for youth, greed for a longer life, greed for fame and recognition--as well as the traditional greed for things...more and better things than the neighbors. Extreme wealth does give its possessors power over the less wealthy, and unfortunately wisdom is not a prerequisite to wealth. In three sections, "Foreverland Boxed" explores a development worse than slavery or the trade in body parts--rich old men, rich old women, and a "Foundation" of dubious distinction begin a body translation process all too terrifying in its potential reality.

Tony Bertauski creates rich sensory worlds where even the inhabitants can't distinguish the "created" from "reality." Resistance leads to torture and death. As in all good literature, we understand the desires of the "bad guys" even if we can't tolerate them...we are forced to question what we would do, given the money and a chronic fatal illness? Bertauski also narrates, and the power of his quiet, almost intimate voice in your mind makes the plot's unfolding even more explosive.

All too often, the current dystopias lack adequate scientific underpinnings and seem to tell the same three stories: we have destroyed Earth and need another planet, aliens want our planet so we need to fight them and/or find another planet, or we are just on the verge of destroying Earth so we make last-ditch efforts to rescue what's left of humanity and the planet. This dystopia based on social dysfunction is intense and compelling without aliens or space battles. I give "Foreverland Boxed" five stars--you won't be able to put it down.

"The Author/Narrator provided this book in exchange for a fair, unbiased review."

Very Intriguing!

•audiobook•
Tony is a very talented author who captures various genres, skillfully intertwining them into belief. Not many are successful- thus, most authors stay in one genre.

He is an exception and excels.

This is a standalone book although other books are in the series. I am not a fan of trilogies which translate to "the story is not complete until you buy all three". I am not disappointed at all; in fact, I'm dying to read them all!

This book is suspense-filled. It's an edge-of-your seat thriller as it slowly peels back the layers of the mystery in the most pleasing manner!

The characters are developed -and continue to develop. They grow, change, and interact as one could imagine. Nothing comes flying in out of left field because it's needed to fill a plot hole.

As the characters feel helpless, I was compelled to worry, too. As they gain excitement for an idea, I was biting my lip and waiting to learn how it will turn out.

Honestly, this book kind of wrecked my weekend and I had to shuffle my plans - I couldn't wait to finish the trilogy!

Narrator was really good. I liked the book, and listening to it added layers of more enjoyment.

Book 2:
Book 2 tells us about the girls. I didn’t like them as much as I liked the guys. As characters, I really couldn’t relate nor care about them. However, I liked how the story was and mystery picked up where book 1 left off and I was still motivated and driven find out how it all ends.
I’m very satisfied with the second installment of Foreverland.

Book 3:
I almost wanted to knock off a star or two from the boxed set when I listened to this. The narrator was fine, but the story just didn’t seem to be written in the same mindset. The tone, pacing, and characters weren’t as fleshed out and tangible as the first book.
I liked it, but I didn’t love it.
There was still more to uncover, discover, and learn, but I didn’t finish it with WOW; more like, yeah, okay, it fits.

incredible trilogy!

wow! this was sooo much more than I thought it would be. I was reading this at the same time I was binging The Feed TV series, and was getting them confused a lot. It was amazing.
I would recommend reading all three as one book. what an experience!

Authors should not read their own material!

This was an awful story. I couldn't understand what the point of the story was. Were the people living in a Matrix story? This author also sounded like he had cotton or marbles in his mouth...Don't read your own novels. There's a kind of narcissism involved when writers insist on doing it. I just find it distasteful, sorry. Stephen King has read his own stories & it never sounded right.