Behind Blue Eyes

Behind Blue Eyes, Book 1

De: Anna Mocikat

Narrado por: David Reimer, Jessica Weyman

In a future world ruled by warring mega-corporations, cyborg Nephilim believed she was fighting a righteous cause. As a powerful cybernetically enhanced elite soldier, her job is to do all the dirty work for the mega-corporation she belongs to. She and her elite cyborg squad are deployed on the most dangerous missions–to protect Olympias from threats outside and inside, at any cost.

One day, a malfunction in her implants separates her from the all-controlling grid. For the first time in her life, Nephilim is free. She learns that everything she has believed in all her life is a lie, and decides to defend her newfound freedom. But Metatron, the leader of her unit, has very special plans for her future and won’t let her get away. Soon, Nephilim finds herself hunted by the killer squads she once belonged to. She’s the best of them, but will her skills be enough to survive?

Blade Runner meets John Wick with a badass female lead!

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the voice acting was in my opinion awesome

ooof this book kept me on the edge of my toes but I absolutely loved it and I can't wait to read the others

Ugh

I just couldn't quite finish the story. The writing comes off as misogynistic at times with comments about how the guys are or are not "real men". The writer needs to work on using more contractions and honestly a lot of the characters were just very two dimensional. It just gave me the impression of a beginner writer that didn't get a good editor.

cyberpunk at it's best

The world:
do you ever wonder what it would be like if every major cooperation ruled the world? Behind Blue Eyes paints an eerie and terrifying future where corporations rule.

The characters:
Nephilim is easy to love and route for. Total bad ass.
Adriel: sleeper hit character. I hope I see more of him in book 2.
Metatron: great villain. Love to hate him.

Narration: David and Jessica are some of the best in the business! they have great chemistry and bring everyone to life.

I could go on and on but the long and short of it is if you want a cyberpunk book that will knock your socks off and leave you begging for more check this series out

Best Cyberpunk of the new millennium

I own all of the series as well as the compendium books 1-3, these are excellent works and I hope the author continues to publish additional works.

The audio production quality and narration is amazing for this series, and the voice actors are spot on for how I imagine the characters to sound.

I have always been a massive fan of the "classic" Cyberpunk: William Gibson, Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, and Isaac Asimov. My personal preference has always been the darker dystopian noir akin to the setting in the movie adaptation of Blade Runner and the 90s animes Ghost in the Shell, Armitage III, and Liquid TV's Aeon Flux.

I mention these prolific works because Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat is the ONLY modern-day cyberpunk that stands equally with these great works. The 90s was the end of the golden era of cyberpunk, but Mocikat has brought all of it back and more with Behind Blue Eyes.

Unlike several other works by the authors I mentioned earlier, Behind Blue Eyes is a remarkably well-thought-out story arc. The author has obviously spent copious amounts of time and paid meticulous detail to the plot and world-building of her stories. I have not encountered any plot holes, areas of suspension of disbelief, or eye-rolling "plot armor" for a main character.

Everything that takes place in the novels stays true to the rules set up for this dystopian cyberpunk future. All the characters act in a way that is logical and consistent within their character design and profile. None of the characters feel like marionette puppets, clumsily maneuvered due to lazy writing or the need to force a plot device or event to unfold.

Each of the main characters unfolds and develops as the story progresses. Initial impressions are quickly revealed to be classic case studies of why one should not judge a book by its cover. The characters develop into far more profound, complex, and nuanced beings as the story progresses and they are exposed to new opportunities, temptations, and shifting goals.

To reiterate, Behind Blue Eyes is far and away the most well-reasoned, developed, visionary, and engaging cyberpunk series of the last 24 years.

Generic, but quite alright

Writing and storyline feel very generic and follow normal cyberpunk megacorporation tropes from the megacorp soldier perspective. It's an easy listen, if you want something light to play in the background! They also put a surprising amount of effort into the recording, so there's also that going for it.

As a side note, author's fixation on power exchange over people dynamics is somewhat amusing.