Doppelgänger

An Orphan, a Prodigy, a Murder

By: Chip Walter

Narrated by: Scott Brick

What if a murdered man could bring his murderers to justice?

In 2024 Elon Musk announced the first computer-brain implant.

In 2068 the first mind transplant becomes possible. Immortality is a reality.

Except for Morgan Adams, it’s not that simple.

Adams is a prodigy, the chief scientist and co-founder of the world’s wealthiest corporation. Tomorrow he’ll reveal his most ambitious undertaking: a secret project called Doppelgänger that will enable him to download a human mind into an identical cyborg body. But that morning he awakens to a shocking reality—he is standing over his own lifeless body, tortured and broken on a cold laboratory floor. Morgan is the disbelieving beta version of his own unfinished creation, a Doppelgänger. The source code has been stolen and Morgan’s consciousness is degrading fast! He has 72 hours to find his own murders, recover the code, and fight a conspiracy so vast it threatens the entire human race.

Doppelganger is a riveting futuristic thriller where artificial intelligence make reality so fractured it is nearly impossible to know what is true and what isn’t. It explores the clash between machines and human passion, evil, love, trust and time. Even after the last sentence you’ll wonder what is real and what isn’t.

©2024 William J (Chip) Walter, Jr. (P)2025 Scott Brick Productions, Inc.

It was ok

Felt like reading the movie Hackers. Technology explained in only the vaguest terms. Not the "So advanced it is Magic" scenario. It is seems written by someone with little concept of technology as a whole which ruined it for me.

Sci-Fi with Heart and a Jabberwocky

This was fun with so many great characters. First time reading this author and I’ll definitely search him out again. Scott Brick narrated the many characters so well it was easy to get lost in the storytelling.

Timely and attention getting.

I enjoyed this book! The performance by Mr. Brick, as always, was just right. Nothing too over the top. His voice is easy to listen to but you never lose track or tune him out. His performance is great.

If you like post apocalyptic sci fi, this will be somewhat of an origin story and a cautionary tale about AI. Themes remind me of The Matrix as well as Ready Player One. I enjoyed the pace, length and detail. As someone who’s reading list is 90% audio, this translated very well to this medium.

I would highly recommend this title for anyone interested in near future science fiction.

creativity

unique pacing, great development of characters. a bit different in a good way. A lot of angles

I really don't like Mr. Brick

I don't know why Scott Brick is so popular. His whinny narration drives me up a wall. He only has one voice for all characters, men or women, and makes conversations way more aggressive and antagonistic that the situation would suggest.
The story was okay, but I'm not a fan of books that jump back and forth between present day and earlier life of characters, especially when it's irrelevant to the overall plot.