Utopia 58

By: Daniel Arenson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

From one-million copy best-selling author Daniel Arenson comes Utopia 58, a dystopian novel as chilling as The Handmaid's Tale and Black Mirror.

Imagine a perfect society. A world with no racism, sexism, or ageism. A utopia.

In Utopia 58, everyone is equal. Everyone must be equal.

Too beautiful? A mask will hide that pretty face. Too tall? We'll saw your legs down to size. Too male or female? The surgeon's knife will fix that. Too smart? A buzzer in your skull will drown out all that pesky thinking. You will be equal. Like it or not.

Utopia 58, built atop the ruins of North America, created perfect harmony. A society with no race, gender, or age. Pure equality.

KB209 was born into this utopia. He has no true name. No past. No future. He is one among millions. The same.

One day, at a propaganda rally, KB209 glimpses an act of startling defiance. A citizen with painted toenails. A woman in a genderless society. Color in a black and white world.

When KB209 confronts her, he is drawn into an underground rebellion. A movement that dares to dream. That dares to say: "We are unique. We are individuals. We will be free!"

©2019 Daniel Arenson (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Excellent listen

Excellent story. Excellent narrator. Amazing characters. Like a lot of books I never figured out what was coming next.

A Disappointment

This book had a great premise but was sort of dull in the end. I didn't really care that much about any of the characters or what happened to them. I stuck wiith it to the bitter end because of Scott Brick's performance, which was excellent as usual.

totally spellbinding

This book started slow - so slow that you think to yourself"what's got this book all the raves?". But then suddenly you begin to realize that you can't put it down. Listening as I do when I take out my dogs it about drove me crazy to have to stop periodically.. The narrative was good to make you feel this way.. The narrative and the storyline build to a high point them suddenly drops - but I won't say anymore about that. I will definitely recommend this book to others.

I concur with the consensus..amazing!

We have a winner here! Wow. This one is intense, violent, totally original and holds the listener captured until the very last line. Literally.
Brick is at his best here...not too forced, not too over the top as he sometimes is, and, of course, has great material to work with.
Arenson is off to an amazing career here. This is truly worth the credit, the investment of the listeners time, and the effort to think about the various themes and currents running through this offering.
Highly recommended. One of the best of the year!

Derivative but Entertaining

Utopia 58 is a mixed bag. On the one hand, if part of you has ever wished that Winston Smith from George Orwell's 1984 could have gotten his hands on a well-oiled machine gun and blasted down a few of those nasty thought police before he met his inevitable demise, then you may just enjoy this mad tale of betrayal, mayhem, and evasion; on the other hand, if you really are a fan of 1984, then it's very difficult for me to imagine that you will be anything but disappointed by what you find here—a mostly note-for-note retelling of that vastly superior work. Despite this major flaw, I still have no hesitation in betting that you will enjoy Scott Brick's masterful narration and that the audiobook will entertain you even as the story frustrates (and possibly annoys you).