Ergo The Drone Volume 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Ray Dooley Jack Nolan Books
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The year is 2054. An ambitious and elite young man's comfortable existence is overturned when he is called on to play a critical role in stopping a growing evil.
Miles Dawson, immersed in a dystopian world on the brink of global conflict, wants nothing more than to be recognized and admired by his peers and fellow employees of the Emerson Corporation on their man-made island of Haven. The mighty Emerson Corporation and its island of Haven have separated themselves from the surrounding corrupt, crumbling nations of Earth and have taken humanity's space exploration to new levels, tunneling to new galaxies, battling threats from other worlds, and developing its position of power among these other races. However, storm clouds are gathering on the horizon. The unchecked growing power of the Corporation and it's President, David Emerson, leads to a dark conspiracy. Confronted with a revelation about the Corporation's designs to control humanity, Miles must decide how far he is willing to go.
When recruited into a resistance movement by a life-long friend, Miles must struggle internally with his own emotions and motivations as he faces an increasing number of external challenges, which force him to decide where he stands. From his unique vantage point as a citizen of Haven, Miles travels Earth and through space to piece together Emerson's conspiracy, code named Ergo, and stop Oversight, the privileged enforcers of the scheme. The young man and his allies work together to find out the secret of Oversight and to put an end to the tyranny that has begun to corrupt the initial ideals of Haven.
The young man finds himself battling not only the enemies around him, but also the questions of his own importance, his growing understanding of his connection to the president, and his changing values of freedom, loyalty, and integrity. Faced with pressure to give in to the opposing forces, he must decide whether to continue on - no matter how great the peril becomes to himself and Earth.
Ergo The Drone Volume 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Ray Dooley Jack Nolan Books
I found this book easy to pick up. It was engaging and always left me wanting to read more. The plot develops quickly and the ending was satisfying.Product details
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Ergo The Drone Volume 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Ray Dooley Jack Nolan Books Reviews
The author is very detailed in descriptions of the surroundings and settings of the main character. I felt like I could see the surroundings and place myself there. There is scifi action and futuristic creativity with his view of the future. The book also gives you a look into one mans view of the possible future of our current times. It has an interesting ending leaving the reader wanting to know more. Would very much like to see a sequal and even a movie to see how the author and my imagination differ and compare to his descriptions. Very good book and would definitely recommend it.
-Joe
In Ergo the Drone, Jeremy Dooley has written an engaging and insightful story about one possible future of mankind. Combining elements of The Last Starfighter, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Atlas Shrugged, and weaving in scenes reminiscent of Die Hard and even Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dooley narrates a very enjoyable tale, which, while holding the reader fast through 300 pages, ultimately fails to to satisfy. Exactly how will be explored below.
The near future imagined in Ergo the Drone is a dark future but perhaps not at all an unlikely one, as Dooley has done well what few of the best sci-fi writers even attempt he has a told a story in which the people act like people really act and have always acted. Neither education nor intellect nor environment is protection against the innate corruption of the human soul in fact, each of those presents a particular temptation to its wielder. Dooley has captured this dichotomy perfectly competition brings out the best in humanity, winning often brings out the worst. Excellence in performance is to be aspired to and even rewarded, even while it lays the performer open to danger. As CS Lewis noted, you don't make demons from cows, but from angels.
While being explicitly free-market (and implicitly Christian) in orientation, Dooley's tale recognizes that it is human nature first to make a god out of the market, then to try to improve that god's performance by making choices for others. "Ye shall be as gods" is a siren-song that few can resist, especially when their mastery and control of technology makes them the functional equivalent of most of what humanity naturally worships.
I do have a few nitpicks, however. The first is that the book is poorly edited, especially for a self published work that aspires to (and occasionally reaches) professional quality. Interest is usually "piqued" and not "peaked." There is a difference between "secession" and "succession." And it is highly unlikely that blacks following the fall of the United States will continue to be referred to by the unwieldy moniker "African-American," especially when they live on an island with pretensions of being something more than a mere nation.
Secondly, while Miles is a strong main character, he lacks two things. First, he needs to be more underhanded. His character transformation is from a hyper-competitive, utterly selfish fighter jock who winds up risking everything to possibly no reward at all. And while Miles' background includes peers to whom he has acted unfairly in the past, we need to see that character flaw - or at least see him struggle with that flaw - in a context that matters. Just one kill stolen from Autumn at the right place and time could have been parlayed to great effect later in the story. Secondly, Miles needs a more intense, personal motivation to join a rebellion that might result in the death of his lifelong hero. Yes, Miles struggles with his choice, but since he has little emotional attachment to the goals of the rebellion, there seems to be very little reason why he should even bother.
As I said, those are nitpicks, and would in no way keep the book from 5 stars. What does, and what makes the book in the end unsatisfying, is that it's probably Volume I of a multi-volume work, and yet there is no indication to the reader that this is the case.* That there are more volumes forthcoming explains why the free-market oriented Western Alliance serves as a haven for Haven's refugees and yet is otherwise ignored. It explains Emerson's cryptic remark that Miles has a genetic twin living there. It explains the final twist, in which the story resolves nothing, merely moving Haven into column of totalitarian states, taken over by a combination of Red Storm Rising's chekists and That Hideous Strength's N.I.C.E. The final twist, which deftly avoids the obvious plot and power hole that would be created had Miles succeeded, necessarily leads to a second book, in which the stakes are higher and yet the same. A mere "Volume I of the Haven Chronicles" on the cover might have avoided the inevitable letdown that the reader shares with a failed, though free, Miles Dawson.
Overall, Ergo the Drone is one of the most enjoyable books I've read this year. I highly recommend it.
* On this page, the fact that it is "Volume 1" of a series is noted (though it's not noted in my book). I therefore award it the fifth star.
I found this book easy to pick up. It was engaging and always left me wanting to read more. The plot develops quickly and the ending was satisfying.
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