I'm really excited about this post, sorry its so late. Today, I have a great blog tour for you all with a great review of this fantastic book. So let's get to it.
About the Book:
From the Back Cover
Kingdom is a thrill-a-minute, bio-punk myth that manages
to wrestle with the most pressing issues of the new millennium. O'Donnell has
crafted a kickass novel of tomorrow night, when the big party gets raided by
the monsters we've been building for the last half-century. Hip and hellish,
wild and weird, Tiber City is the dystopian megalopolis into which we will all
soon move--whether we know it or not.
REVIEW BLURBS -
"A
taut, brilliantly conceived thriller with impeccable pacing bursting with
ideas...For fans of noir-laden science fiction in the vein of Philip K. Dick
that is in equal measures suspenseful, gripping, darkly funny and
philosophically challenging." (starred
review)
-Kirkus Reviews
"Toss William Gibson, Andrew Vachss and David Fincher into the Petri dish, irradiate them, then infuse the result with Transylvanian meth, and you'll have some sense of what O'Donnell has concocted."
-Jack O'Connell, author of Box Nine and The Resurrectionist.
"There simply aren't enough stars to communicate the impressiveness of O'Donnell's work here. He has taken religion, science, politics, theory and philosophy and blended them all together to create what is easily one of the most important books to come out this year."
- Pavarti K. Tyler, Fighting Monkey Press & author of Shadow on the Wall
-Kirkus Reviews
"Toss William Gibson, Andrew Vachss and David Fincher into the Petri dish, irradiate them, then infuse the result with Transylvanian meth, and you'll have some sense of what O'Donnell has concocted."
-Jack O'Connell, author of Box Nine and The Resurrectionist.
"There simply aren't enough stars to communicate the impressiveness of O'Donnell's work here. He has taken religion, science, politics, theory and philosophy and blended them all together to create what is easily one of the most important books to come out this year."
- Pavarti K. Tyler, Fighting Monkey Press & author of Shadow on the Wall
About the Author:
Anderson O’Donnell presents a biopunk, dystopian noir-esque thriller in this amazing read, KINGDOM. Most people are familiar with the term “cyberpunk,” but “biopunk” is harder to nail down. In many ways, biopunk is similar to the cyberpunk genre, and shares many of the same themes and archetypes: the dystopian future; the overreliance on technology; mega-corporations; a constant and overwhelming flow of data; the anti-hero—these elements are integral parts of both genres. Both genres are fueled, to some extent, by the sense of rebellion and desire for individual freedom expressed by the original punk rock revolution. But the main difference—the most important difference—is that while cyberpunk focuses on invasive technological modification of the human body, biopunk explores the dehumanizing consequences of biological modification, of re-arranging our DNA in the pursuit of perfection. Anderson lives in Connecticut with his wife and sons. Anderson himself deems Kingdom as “a thrill-a-minute, bio-punk myth that manages to wrestle with the most pressing issues of the new millennium. O’Donnell has crafted a kickass novel of tomorrow night, when the big party gets raided by the monsters we’ve been building for the last half-century.” His debut novel, Kingdom, a dystopian, biopunk thriller, is now available in paperback and ebook format. Kingdom is the first part of the Tiber City Trilogy. Look for part two, Exile,in the summer of 2013.
Alright, now that you know about the book and the author. The next post will be the review for Kingdom.
