FUTURE EARTH SCI-FI Evelyn and Stan are the last of the Shifty's recruited and trained by the now defunct Organisation. They hadn't defeated the twenty-ninth century Artificial Intelligence, The EYE, but they had slowed its progress enough for humanity to regain some of it's lost independence.
Now, after eight years of self-imposed exile in the twenty-first century, Evelyn decides to do the one thing they swore they never would - return to twenty-nine!
...but why has she changed her mind?
...and why now?
Stan knew two things:
First - there would be no talking her out of it.
And second - no way was she going on her own this time!
Together they return to a disturbingly precarious three-way power-balanced future to find that someone has found the key to breaking the deadlock.
...And that they should be careful what they wish for!
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'Infinity Shift' is the second book in Robert Holding's Sci-Fi trilogy set in the 29th century, the sequel to 'Downtime Shift', which came out last year.
The story picks up eight years after the end of the first when things on Earth have moved on dramatically towards total schism. The major cities on the planet are still under the iron rule of the EYE, a highly sophisticated Artificial Intelligence. The 'Spacers', those who lived outside the EYE's reach above the planet, are increasingly aware of the need to make a complete break with the planet, despite still being dependent on some of its resources. They're loosely in league with the 'Outsiders', the Infinity Corps, renegade Earth dwellers, also outside the EYE's reach in the countryside. The Corps had been mobilised by Evelyn Marcin, who has become a folk hero in her eight year absence.
The EYE's great advance in the meantime has been the development of Artificial Biology, bio-machines embedded in human followers, who are then able to subliminally control others emotions and behaviour. This dangerous step, however, looks like it might be about to backfire as Gaudynya, who has undergone the procedure, plots to use her power to her own advantage. Will Evelyn be able to live up to her name and legend in the fight for the stability of Earth? She knows she must take on Gaudynya and make great sacrifices for her vision.
If you found 'Downtime Shift' intriguing, complex and thought-provoking, you will certainly want to read how the main characters have moved on and cope with this new twist in their fates.
Drena Irish, A LoveReading Ambassador.
