Artificial Evolution

Big Sigma, Book 3

By: Joseph R. Lallo

Narrated by: John Forbes

Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's Summary

Artificial Evolution is the third book in the Big Sigma series, building upon the story and characters introduced by Bypass Gemini and Unstable Prototypes.

Lex, Michella, and Squee are once again joined by the mercenaries Silo and Garotte. Along the way they'll need plenty of help from mad engineer Karter Dee and his AI Ma.

After butting heads with the megacorporation known as VectorCorp, it was only a matter of time before Lex Alexander and his girlfriend, Michella Modane, would face the consequences. It is remarkable what a single corporate agent with the resources of a multiglobal conglomerate can do to a person's career. In the space of a few days, Lex is looking for work, and Michella is feeling pressure from the network to ease off the hard-hitting stories. Not one to be silenced, Michella quickly hatches a plan to continue her investigations under the guise of a fluff story about a so-called extraterrestrial, and who better to be her personal driver than Lex?

Meanwhile, mercenaries Silo and Garotte are still nipping at the heels of the terrorist group known as the Neo-Luddites. Rumors of an attempt to secure a devastating weapon bring the pair to a forgotten little planet in an undeveloped corner of the galaxy. Circumstances require that local authorities lay claim to the terrorists' apparent target, but what sort of threat could one gangly collection of anatomical curiosities pose to the galaxy? The answer to that question will put our heroes to the test and leave a whole world hanging in the balance.

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I don't know

liked the story but the main character Lex can seem like a wuss. he is controlled by his girlfriend, can not take of finance and other than had a general lack of skill.

E.T. except its self replicating robots

Really enjoy this series and all its characters especially MA and squee. Well rounded storylines with action adventure racing against time while delving into the human psyche with MA and funny times with squee.

Great story line.

Great new series. Just enough new technology interwoven with old to make it interesting. Not bombarded with new technology that the author has to explain everything in fine detail.

too many words pronounced incorrectly

the narrator might have a poor vocabulary but is there anyone to check the performance before publishing?
i enjoyed everything else about the narrator's performance. the seperation of characters, tone and clarity. this could have been great if edited properly.

Fantastic Story.

I love this sreies. Excellent writing, character development, and character interactions. POOR narration. The story is so good that you will be able to put up with the narrator but, really, time to get someone who at least can read properly, and even better, a narrator with some voice acting skills. This series deserves better.

Fantastic story - terrible actor

I love lallos story's, they are full of humour, emotion gripping storytelling and is a fantastic read for all. It's such, such a shame that the reading by John forbes is so difficult to slug through. Clearly misprononucing words often (progression instead of precision for example..) using the accents for characters with the wrong character where they have misinterpretated who is talking, constantly and a fairly flat delivery overall leaves me worrying that people won't read/listen to lallo's titles because of it.