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Apex

Nexus, Book 3

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The explosive conclusion to Nexus and Crux.

Global unrest spreads through the US, China, and beyond. Secrets and lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neutrally linked protestors. Armies are mobilized. Political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is in here.

Against this backdrop a new breed of posthuman children are growing into their powers. And a once-dead scientist, driven mad by her torture, is closing in on her plans to seize the planet's electronic systems and reforge everything in her image. A new Apex species is here. The world will never be the same.

Ramez Naam is a professional technologist and was involved in the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook. He holds a seat on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change and is a member of the World Future Society, a senior associate of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Please note that following customer feed-back, sections of this product have been re-recorded. New audio has been made available as of 23 October 2015.

©2015 Ramez Naam (P)2015 Audible, Ltd. Adventure Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Fiction Technology Thriller China
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Story continues to be great but the change of narrator made it difficult to listen to all 3 books in a row. The efforts at male voices and accents in this talking book are so bad it distracted from the plot. Really wish it was possible to have narrator consistency in a series like this.

Different narrator

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What did you like best about Apex? What did you like least?

The conclusion to the saga was quite enjoyable.

What didn’t you like about Stephanie Canon’s performance?

the narrator Stephanie Canon did not suit the text at all. Her voice would have suited a childrens book and her character acting was terrible.

Was Apex worth the listening time?

Sure

Any additional comments?

Changing the narrator from two males in two previous books to a female in the finale was a terrible choise.

Decent ending for a good trilogy

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Such an exciting book and trilogy. it felt like o could also get connected to the mind of people in the book and see through their eyes!

amazing

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the women reading this put on the worst male voice ever. especially for the Chinese, she sounds like she's talking through a snorkel! Got bored of the story in the end but not whether that was her voice or the story that bored. Either way, she ruined it for me.

Not as good

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Truly great works of fiction don’t prescribe ‘what’ to think. Instead they provoke the mind on ‘how’ to think. They give more questions than answers, and yet leave a lasting and satisfying impression.

By that measure, the Nexus trilogy is a modern masterpiece. Even more so given the series was completed and published in 2015.

Stephanie Cannon’s narration is wonderful; drawing the listener in, and painting a rich world in the mind... no silvery liquid yet required..!

The gripping action, technical complexity and political nuance balance each other well. Some of the darkest and most bright aspects of humanity are eloquently conveyed. The characters’ diversity-yet near universal enduring of suffering so that others may know peace-leaves a lasting impression.

If such Nexus technology becomes a reality, it will almost definitely develop in a completely different way to the stories in Nexus, Crux and Apex. Yet, as with much Sci-Fi before it, and hopefully much more to come after , Ramez Naam has built an accessible, enjoyable, and thought provoking work on a world-changing subject.

Highly recommended, especially for those studying computer science, neuroscience and with a general interest in the neck and neck race between our humanity and our technology, who are after a good and hard work of science fiction.

Mind-expanding

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