Reset
by Brian Andrews

The premises of the story is that an orb, an object with powers to control the human mind is discovered and let loose on the world.

Chaos follows, with a small team of unlikely people that can possible beat it assemble to fight the orb.

The story is poorly developed, the characters shallow, and the ending so unlikely, its hard to even fit into sci-fi genre.

#Reset #NetGalley

www.books-reviewed.weebly.com

What if the human brain could be hacked and reprogrammed? In Reset by Brian Andrews, a mysterious floating orb is found in a cave deep within the mountains of Afghanistan. Those who come into contact with the device suffer seizures. Upon recovery, their minds and bodies are hijacked and set on a specific course to alter the fate of earth and humanity.

I was provided a NetGalley advanced review copy of Reset. The unique premise caught my attention, and I found it a suspenseful and fast-paced read. Though some of the scenes and dialogue felt a little formulaic at points, the overall plot was certainly unique and provided a couple of very intriguing turns that more than made up for any lapses in writing style. It was easy to become immersed in the interwoven concepts of near-extinction events and the possibly alien technology that could hack the human brain. The separate stories of the characters blended together well to culminate in a series of events to battle the influence of the mysterious orb.

Brian Andrews’ background as a Navy veteran and nuclear engineer lend well to this military thriller with a taste of science fiction. He is also the author of the bestselling Tier One thriller series with Jeffrey Wilson.

(This review was first published on the Damian Daily blog.)

A mind bending, twist riddled, sleep depriving rendition of yet another world's-brightest-minds-mobilized-to-save-world-from-certain-annihilation-by-UFO book. Not much else I can think of to say without giving something away. This is a really fun read.

This book held my interest from beginning to end and I didn't see how the humans would survive what a mysterious object was doing to them. You'll have to read the book to understand if there were any winners in this battle against the object. The journey to the end is a thrilling, confusing, and mysterious journey and I enjoyed reading how the various characters dealt with what was happening, due to the object and past actions of men.

Are minds being "hacked" by man made or alien technology? What is this strange object that has been found and that affects everyone and everything it comes in contact with? The ending of the book certainly made me think and feel powerless to change the future but if change is to happen, it must happen now or it'll be totally out of mankind's hands later.

Thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this ARC.