Maze: The Hunt for Freddy Bills, Book Two

A Science Fiction Thriller

By: Tony Bertauski

Narrated by: A.J Carter

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

There is no escape. There never was.

Freddy Bills is retired. Back in the day, he was fishing people out of unreality tanks and pulling needles from their heads. That was when it was against the law. Now everyone is doing it, including him. In fact, he’s become quite proficient at dream-stitching unrealities for droppers to ride. He’s one of the best. His plans were to fade into retirement, just him and his dog.

That was before someone from his past appeared.

A string of clues leads him to dig up a past long buried and forgotten. As evidence mounts, he learns the truth about the Maze and it’s true purpose. There’s no escaping his past or future. He was destined to solve the Maze.

He just has to figure out why.

©2019 TONY BERTAUSKI (P)2019 TONY BERTAUSKI

There is no escape

An astonishing book, which takes the reader on acrobatic mental rides through time and - what? - place? Cyberspace? Dimension? Reality? Beliefs? Yup all of these at the very least. Confusing at first, stick with it: it is very much well worth it. To give further story information would destroy the exhilarating effect.

The text is dazzling, at times quite beautiful ('a gossamer thread connecting each one of them'), tactile (''Shadows turned dark and sticky'), or scary ('The hunger inhaled bowler hat after bowler hat'). The ideas behind the story will leave the reader pondering long after the book is concluded. It is a must read. The narration delivered by A.J.Carter is, in every way but one, superb. He reads as if he fully understands every part of the book as It is encountered, not an easy task always, and so assists the reader to understand, also. His speech is fluent, well paced, well intoned and his individual voicing of the several protagonists is exceptional. But there is a downturn in his voice which at least initially, makes the experience slightly depressing to the ear. This goes away after the earlier chapters, or becomes integrated into the listener's involvement (not sure which). Overall, a great performance, and only one repeating editing glitch noted.

Tony Bertauski is an innovative author with the writing ability to back his ideas to give an exciting and profoundly new look at life, as befits a superb science fiction writer. Recommended to everyone who cares to take a leap into their own minds and the familiarity of the unknown.

Another winner

Great story by a great author. Can't recommend this enough. Incredible characters and perfect narration.

Fantastic Mind Trip!

It is hard to explain the mind trip this book takes you on - trust me you need to read it yourself. It is hard to distinguish where reality/unreality/dream occur through out. The twists and turns are ones you don't see coming. I am very intrigued to read more from this Author.

Good Technothriller

I liked book 2, but I didn't think it was as good as book one. Book 2 started out strong and I settled down to enjoy it as much as book 1, but the switching back and forth between the points of view of the various characters got very convoluted, and because of that the story lost some of its impact. I do think it was a fascinating story, but it wasn't as good as the first one. A. J. Carter's narration was good, and he kept my attention. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.

Still Unusual Story but coming together

I was given this Audible book for free and am reviewing it. I listened to book 1 first and to be honest was lost throughout most of book, this is the continuation. Though I finally understood the storyline I still kept getting lost as the narrative changed from character to character. found the basic idea behind story interesting and wish I understood it better. I think this is quite a Deep Though type of book with much to think on.