Bandwidth

An Analog Novel, Book 1

By: Eliot Peper

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

A rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world’s most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with death reveals that the influence he wields makes him a target, impossible cracks appear in his perfect, richly appointed life.

Like everyone else, Dag relies on his digital feed for everything - a feed that is as personal as it is pervasive, and may not be as private as it seems. As he struggles to make sense of the dark forces closing in on him, he discovers that activists are hijacking the feed to manipulate markets and governments. Going public would destroy everything he’s worked so hard to build, but it’s not just Dag’s life on the line - a shadow war is coming, one that will secure humanity’s future or doom the planet to climate catastrophe. Ultimately, Dag must decide the price he’s willing to pay to change the world.

©2018 Eliot Peper (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A great book for our time.

This book surprised me. Feeling a bit cynical about current state of the world and your place in it? This little book my be a great place to start anew. Great fun and story building.

I do not want to give away the story but both the author and narrator did a fine job. I plan to listen again before the next book in the series is published. It will be interesting to see where the author goes from here. Enjoy.

Excellent start to an Incredible Series

An intricate plot expertly rendered leads to an unforgettable an thrilling future rooted in the elements of current technologies and the specter of the Climate Crisis. The FEED - an analog of Social Media combined with Signal Intelligence becomes the unavoidable connection to everything that cannot be eliminated because everything depends on it. In a landscape marred by the destruction of southern California by fire, the fossil fuel capitalists still refuse to stop. Can Emily and her friends stop the destruction with the help of Dax? Once stopped, how will the fossil fuel capitalist strike back? Very well written with an expertise in dialog that never falls flat this story unfolds as a 'can't turn it off' adventure with great characters in a save the world epic.

Thought provoking and fun!

This excellent tale explores technology and how it shapes who we are. It also delves into whether the end justifies the means, as well as the law of unintended consequences.

A compelling world not far removed from our own...

Bandwidth presents a universe that extends the technological, environmental and social realities of 2018 into a plausible presumption of what our future might be. However, the story itself struggles to draw you in, placing Dag, the protagonist into blockbuster movie level of implausible, and inexplicably interconnected scenarios. At times I felt invested in Dag and his situation, and others wondering if he was absolutely insane to put himself in some of these situations or accept the state of things.

I love the world, the feed, the scenario, but the story left me indifferent. the Author's afterward helped give some clarity to his thoughts, and intent, and I wish more of this sentiment had been conveyed in the story.

Unlistenable

I have been reading this on my Kendall for a bit when this title became available on audible. I enjoyed having both any print copy and the audible version. It enables me to listen when I’m in my car at the gym and read when I’m home in bed or whatever. I’m enjoying the book thoroughly, but I absolutely can’t stand the narrator. He’s got a boring singsong voice - it just does not capture any of the intensity or emotion of the dialogue or happenings. It sounds very much like somebody reading a book. The delivery is drab and the cadence is off, the prosody is missing or misplaced. This is a book I will finish reading with my eyes. Having just finished reading Brandon Sanderson‘s earth bring her near rated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer I was so disappointed. The two of them do a fantastic job I only wish They had narrated this book.

great story, twists and turns made this book fun

the characters were easy to relate to and even easier to love or hate. the story is well structured and kept my interest.

The most modern, topical science fiction thriller

If the privacy atrocities of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scare you, but this near-term sci-fi thriller may read to you more as a horror than a thriller.

Eliot Peper has truly shown his writing strengths flourish in this novel, providing not only a great mix of sci-fi visioning but also fantastic storytelling technique. He is able to add the texture that helps turn a book into an extraordinary experience.

Don't miss this novel, it's going to be one of the most talked about books of the year for sure.

good sorry, but read it

The story was an excellent critique of today's social media conglomerate driven society that ignores climate change for convenience. it had some fun twists.

However, aside from characterization, narration was horrendous. The voice actor repeats the same cadence ad infinitum. It's like a news caster selling cheep headlines. I got through the whole thing but it was consistently painful unless characters were speaking. I must say I was impressed with the accent out Tsu. I could hear the south African with in the oriental.

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Too much description and I found that I didn't care about any of the characters.

Decent story, mediocre narration.

The story was interesting but preachy. The narrator was mediocre, but at least consistently mediocre.