Okay I will admit it, I have a few authors that I will gravitate to each and every time I see one of their books. TOYS, by James Patterson and Neil McMahon was one that I had not yet read. So when a friend offered the book to me, I grabbed it with both hands.
The genre of this book is a little to the left of where I normally go. It's dystopian and futuristic in some of the most disturbing ways. Especially when all we seem to read about is "AI" and how robots will make our lives so much easier.
Patterson and McMahon take this to the next level. Bringing about a "super" humanoid race that is trying to eradicate the last remaining humans on the face of the world. Quite a scary concept in my humble opinion.
But, even though the humans that remain on the earth are not nearly as physically and mentally enhanced as the Elite (as they like to be known), they do have the gift of seeing things outside of the box. Will that be their (the humans) salvation?
This novel will take you to places you may or may not have dreamt as our future is unfolding. Hays and Lisbeth are the #1 "Super Couple" of the Elites. They possess all the attributes that make them super human (ish) and they are intellectually and physically the most perfect couple ever made.
Hays has just completed a mission for the World Government that has him in the spotlight and winning adulations from all the other Elites in his company.
During his return home, he is blindsided by the enemy, fighting the ultimate battle of his life. While he wins this one, he is badly injured, taken to the Elite's version of a hospital and there his life takes an even more drastic turn.
Have I whetted your appetite to find out what happens next? I hope so.
This is a book that I found hard to put down because there are so many things happening in the pages that sound like some of the things that are happening right now or could be happening in the future. When or where will all this take place? Maybe in the next 50 years or so.
We already have the self driving cars and bionic limbs............. what will come next?
