The New Prometheus: Book 1

By: Andrew M. Dobell

Narrated by: Julia Eve

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Shot and left for dead, you wake up in a new entirely cybernetic body, and now the Corporations want you dead. What would you do?

In a world ruled by faceless, uncaring mega-corporations, Frankie, a young woman who has resisted cybernetics, becomes the victim of a lethal Jacker Gang attack. Shot and left to die in the slums of Neo-London, she is found by a genius cybernetic doctor who is on the run from a powerful Corporation. Seeing an opportunity to finish his latest cybernetic masterpiece, he transplants Frankie's brain into a powerful prosthetic body. Frankie has barely woken up when the Corporation's forces attack and kidnap the doctor, forcing Frankie to go on the run in her new cybernetic body.

Pursued by corporation Special Forces, cybernetic agents, and hulking mechs, Frankie must fight to survive and choose what to do with her new body and its incredible abilities. Frankie must overcome the shock of her new body, survive ruthless attacks, and figure out who to trust if she is to save the doctor's life and strike her first real blow against the tyrannical Corporations.

This new cyberpunk action thriller is a must-listen for fans of Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Appleseed, Akira, The Matrix, Robocop, and Total Recall.

©2017 Andrew Dobell (P)2022 Andrew Dobell

Interesting story

Overall a good story. Feels more like a prequel to me. I am interested in seeing where the story goes.

Fun Cyberpunk Story

Set in a dystopian future where corporations rule with a free hand, “Frankie” is thrust into direct conflict with them when she was left for dead and saved by a rogue cybernetic doc. In a mad scramble to escape the long arm of the corps and recover some aspect of her prior life, she is forced into a desperate rescue attempt of that same doc who is the only person that can maintain his creation … aka her new borg bod.

It’s a well worn trope executed well (with a strong resemblance to Alita); my inner techie is a sucker for a good cyberpunk story (+1*). The narration was also solid for the action and dialog ... And despite being the first in a series, there is an actual resolution to the initial conflict with a "to be continued" ending that continues with the same protagonists that I found easy to connect with and look forward to their new adventures within this cyber world.

I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Surface level story telling

I received a free review copy of this audio book, at my request, and am voluntarily leaving this unbiased review.

This is a solidly OK book. There is nothing new here, what so ever, but it is fast paced and short.

This book has the typical evil corporations/dystopian class system that is in so many cyberpunk stories. A all seeing mega Corp that actively seeks to control and oppress citizens a d governments alike. This story adds nothing new to that trope, and also relies heavily on you having read it before.

The world building in this book is light. It relies heavily on you having read similar stories before, that properly built their worlds.

The lack of world building goes hand in hand with the lack of character building. The main character, Frankie, starts out one way and suddenly gains a whole host of abilities. There is no learning curve, no struggling to be something more, no character arc. She is one way, then another, with like a paragraph in between as a transition. The secondary characters are the same, very 1 dimensional and wysiwyg.

The plot is also very straightforward and does not twist and turn. Things are as they seem. There is ample opportunity for an intricate plot, and at every opportunity, the author just ignores it, for the straight and narrow.

This is all because this is a 6-7 hour book. The author has decided to go from one conflict to the next with little to no downtime in between. This is fine for a story that is all tropes and no innovation. But it makes it hard to connect with characters or situations that are not built upon or developed.

This is ultimately the issue with this book. There is lots of action, some interesting ideas. But nothing matters, because the characters are not developed and the world not built. There's no connection, so there's no investment. The book needs to slow down, develop its own voice and connect, rather than run from situation to situation.

The voice narration, by Julia Eve, is not bad, given the text. Her reading is a little robotic, but as there is little emotion in the text, there's little for her to build on. Her male voices need a little work, but overall they are good enough. I wouldn't mind hearing her do something a little more developed, and finding out if she is more able to connect developed characters, with me.

All in all, this is an OK book for a quick read. It's all rehash of other, better, ideas and there is nothing new, no character development or world building. It is fast paced and runs from conflict to conflict with no time to breath. The issue is the conflicts have no meaning if the characters do not connect. The voice acting is good, for the quality of the material. Don't come into this expecting too much, and you'll be OK.

I won't be continuing this series

Slow start fast finish

Gotta admit I was worried for the initial start of the book. Characters started to develop and details began to piece stories together.

Governments having to stave off corporations after basically handing control to them rang so true. looking forward to this becoming a multi book series.

Cyberpunk Thriller

I don't usually listen to or read cyberpunk stories, however I found the premise of this book intriguing and I enjoyed this book. The characters were fairly well developed and interesting. The heroine was especially likeable. There was sufficient action, adventure and humor. The narrator's accent was pleasant and she smoothly transitioned between the characters. I was provided a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

Different

This audio book is the adventures of a young girl (Frankie), who is converted to a cyborg. It involves the meeting of friends who are willing to help her escape from the corporation who wants her, and then to rescue those who the corporation wish to harm to get to her.

This adventure is full of action and some humor.

The narration is well done. There are voices for the various characters that are recognizable as different people.

This book was enjoyable and fun to listen to.

This book was provided free of charge with the expectation of an honest review.

Love ❤ Frankie

I find myself really hoping that the other books get done as well. The narrator did a lovely job in bringing the characters to life.

Great Cyberpunk!

Action from beginning to end. A great story that the action never lets up. I cant wait to listen to the next book. The narrator was very easy to understand and follow what character was what.

Story was good, narrator not so much

I loved the Ccberpunk setting and enjoyed following Frankie on her adventures, but the narrator detracted from the experience with her performance.

Overall,if you like cyberpunk stories then this is a good beginning to a decent series.