Apex

Nexus, Book 3

By: Ramez Naam

Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon

Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

The explosive conclusion to Nexus and Crux.

Global unrest spreads through the US, China, and beyond. Secrets and lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neutrally linked protestors. Armies are mobilized. Political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is in here.

Against this backdrop a new breed of posthuman children are growing into their powers. And a once-dead scientist, driven mad by her torture, is closing in on her plans to seize planet's electronic systems and reforge everything in her image. A new Apex species is here. The world will never be the same.

Ramez Naam is a professional technologist and was involved in the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook. He holds a seat on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change, is a member of the World Future Society, a senior associate of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Please note that following customer feed-back, sections of this product have been re-recorded. New audio has been made available as of 23 October 2015.

©2015 Ramez Naam (P)2015 Audible, Ltd.

Fantastic conclusion to a unique & thrilling trilogy

This was an outstanding series but you don't have to be a science fiction fan to appreciate and respect what Ramez Naam has created with this novel, or its predecessors Nexus and Crux.

While it (& by "it" I mean the trilogy/all three books are included) deals with scientific and computer oriented subjects, the trilogy is also a political thriller with believable dram, humor and emotion...also delves deeply into characters, is full of complex dilemmas with no easy answers, & also explores national and international politics and how the world interacts under crisis, & sometimes how countries create their own. What I appreciate is the focus on characters when dealing with the political, rather than nationalism. It will also introduce some people to different cultures, always a plus.
I have immense respect for what Mr Naam has accomplished...gave the first two books a re-listen before starting Apex, & I'm so glad to have done so, as there is so much detail and information. Glad to have had that refresher before diving into Apex. It's a five star effort, throughout the series.

really good sci-fi read the other two first.

Definitely worth it. the first book starts off slow but it gets better and better. Most of the characters feel human. Good story telling couldn't put it down.

Enjoyable

Lots of people had negative reviews for the narrator. I expected it to be terrible, and it wasn't, so it didn't bother me as much as it did others. The story is exciting, fast paced and feels like a realistic projection of the future. very cool;

Fun story

Didnt like the narration, felt very weak, however it was a very fun story! What an intense last 30 chapters!

great listen

love these science based books. very cool premises. will listen again and more. this is worth the time and money.

Nice apex of the series

The book listens well overall and is an good continuation of the series. I'm impressed by the research done by Ramez and his imagination. Especially I liked the idea of being as close to real science as possible assuming fiction nature of the book. This is what I appreciate in science fiction novels, vs Hollywood style pop products.

On the other hand the book feel longer and less dynamic than previous two, with less action and more psychological-sociological analysis.

The narration by Stephanie is good overall but sometimes too emotional and fake Chinese accent is not always a good fit. Also I found I sometimes got confused by character names which sound similarly, e.g. Kade vs Kate, and had problems identifying characters with Chinese origin names.

Overall thank you very much Ramez and Stephanie for wonderful 18h of a dream and inspiration.

an awesome conclusion

I am really loving the Nexus series. The whole concept of Nexus and the changes and conflict it might cause is fascinating.

to long didn't need to be so drawn out.

disappointing end to a series that had such good first books. wish author didn't feel the need to be so detailed in so many area, didn't help the story at all.

Excellent final book in an outstanding series

If you’ve read the 1st and 2nd book in this series, you already know you must read this 3rd book. This is an outstanding series, and it’s on my must-read-again list.

This last book is excellent. Don’t be concerned with any narration complaints in the other reviews, those have been fixed. The narrator does an awesome job portraying the many personalities in the book.

Narrator choice is disappointing.

What did you like best about Apex? What did you like least?

Story and characters. Horrible narration. One step above my text-to-speech app.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Apex?

I will let you know when I finish READING the book. There is no way I can make it past hour one of Ms. Canon's "performance".

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Stephanie Canon?

Either one of the first two narrators in the series. I have no idea why she was chosen for the finale.