Hourglass

A Dystopian Thriller

De: Elizabeth Means

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

When natural lifespan is predetermined, time defines social caste and the government decides who gets more of it.

In the 24th century, every citizen knows the exact moment their life will end. The system has brought order and stability. Evergreen Mason, a scientist at the government-run biotech company Virionics, has decades left on her biological clock and no reason to question the rules.

Until a sixteen-year-old girl survives past her assigned death.

Evergreen’s investigation leads her to the Hourglass files, a cache of classified documents hidden on her father’s computer. Before she can uncover the truth, her father dies suddenly, years ahead of schedule. His biological clock has been reset.

The message is unmistakable.

Death is not fate. It’s policy.

As Evergreen digs deeper into a genetic conspiracy designed to maintain a precise balance between births and deaths, she realizes the truth is more dangerous than she imagined. Because if the government can change one clock, it can change anyone’s.
Including hers.

Fans of Black Mirror, Hugh Howey and John Marrs will enjoy this chilling dystopian thriller about genetic control, manufactured order, and the cost of knowing too much.

Did not have last few chapter

Likes the story. Some of the mispronunciations were annoying but what was most annoying was when the book just stopped. Like four or more chapters early. What’s up with that?

virtual.narration totally kills a story.

The one tone droning on of the virtual narrator is just very difficult to listen to.

Virtual voice is the worst

DNF. Virtual voice is awful. I think this may have had potential to be a good story, but virtual voice made it unlistenable.