The Amnesia Game

By: Roman Jackson

Narrated by: Eric J. McAnallen

Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

"Who am I?" "How did I get here?" "What's...going...on?!"

In the not-too-distant future the convicted are sent to the world's most dangerous prison, the Gulag, to be fodder for a world starved for entertainment. The "marks" have only one chance to survive. Retrieve their stolen memories...or die. With an entire world watching the 30th season of The Amnesiac, and an entire prison trying to kill them as their only path to freedom, one such mark is set loose in an attempt for his freedom. In a game that has never had a single winner.

Blind author Roman Jackson releases his first of this three-book series that asks, just because we can...should we?

©2017 Roman Jackson (P)2018 Roman Jackson

Very good

This was a great story. I like my heroes to be just that, actual heroes, who are good at what they're doing and are courageous and self-sacrificing. The challenge for any author is not to make things too easy for such a hero, so the reader/listener remains captivated by the story. This author has succeeded very well at that! The story is interesting, keeps the suspense going and has awesome action sequences. All of that against a scarily realistic backdrop of a dysptopian society ruled by 'big social media', with a lethal game show streamed nonstop to the masses.

If The Running Man and Total Recall had a baby, this would most probably be it! (minus the Schwarz however, if I'd have to pick the leading actor for this particularly story I'd cast Daniel Craig in a heartbeat :-)

The story would have benefitted from a narrator with more range. There was also an editing mistake, that is to say a do-over of a sentence was left in. There was also the occasional wrongly accented words in sentences.

The one issue I have with this novel is its ending. There's cliffhangers, and then there's unfinished stories. To me this falls into the latter category, which I find irksome.

However, all in all I enjoyed the story very much and will definitely be waiting for the next part - provided it will not be shorter than this one for then it will be not enough bang for my buck.

Recommend!

~ I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. I was not required to write a positive review, but I did so anyway because it was great. ~

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Wow fantastic read!

What happens next! Always the tell of a really good book when you're dieing to know the end! Great narration by Eric J. McAnallen, amazing book by Roman Jackson! Please hurry up with the second book!

WOW! This book has the makings of a Great movie!

Very, I don't want to put it down (aka stop listening), engaging! A unique plotline with twists and turns you're not expecting!

A solid listen

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Woah, this was a crazy but engaging book. This book was very much The Running Man meets Hunger Games. A twisted, dystopian future where convicts battle each other for their freedom, all for the entertainment of the masses. All in all, it is pretty entertaining. The big twist is their memories are removed and they have to get them back. I thought it was a cool take on the premise. The story is paced well and has lots of action. The narration was a little dry. He did ok with it, but I would have preferred a narrator with more skill at doing different voices and displaying emotion. All in all, though, this was still an entertaining listen.

awesome read!

I loved the book! I cant wait till number two comes out on audio!!

Dystopian Mystery

The Amnesia Game is an entertaining distopian mystery. Roman Jackson adds new twists to familiar themes to create a fast moving action packed story. The only problem is that this the first installment in a planned series so you are left hanging with an unfinished story. Eric McAllen did a good job narrating the various characters.
This is a voluntary review of a free audiobook.

Good

Interesting story. Would like to see how it continues to come together for future books. Listened during my commute, and really enjoyed the narration.

Ugh 1/2 a story

This was like 1/2 a book, it was interesting at times and dragged on at others.