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The Original

Auteur(s): Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal
Narrateur(s): Julia Whelan
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Hugo Award-winning authors Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal team up in this exclusive audio-first production of The Original, a sci-fi thriller set in a world where one woman fights to know her true identity and survive the forces that threaten her very existence. 

In the near future, humans choose life - for a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life is made easier in a socially liberated society where automation and income equality allow passion pursuits to flourish over traditional work. Renewal stations are provided to every law-abiding citizen for weekly check-ins, which issue life-sustaining repairs in exchange for personal privacy. But what becomes of those who check out, of those who dare to resist immortality and risk being edited under the gaze of an identity-extracting government surveillance system? 

When Holly Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new identity imposed on her, a team of government agents wastes no time stating their objective. With intent to infiltrate and defeat the terrorist group ICON, the agents tell Holly that she is now a Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original for the murder of her husband, Jonathan. If she succeeds, she’ll assume her Original’s place in society. If she fails, her life will end. Holly’s progress is monitored by an assigned contact that feeds her information as she confronts the blank, robotic world around her, discovering that others view life through the theme of their own choosing. 

With her newly implanted combat and deduction skills, Holly fends off both attacks by terrorists and doubts about her own trustworthiness as clues lead her to her Original - and to the truth about Jonathan. In the end, one body remains and one walks away. Although questions persist, one thing is certain: Life will never be the same. 

©2020 Dragonsteel Entertainment and Mary Robinette Kowal (P)2020 Mainframe, LLC

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  • 2021-02-10

My New Favourite Audiobook

I loved this book. It was the book I needed for some pure escapism from the never-ending pandemic. The story was exciting, and I could lose myself in it.

I have listened to some audiobooks that included background noises, but never one that included music as part of the story, I was surprised to find out that I loved that aspect of story telling. There is a scene in the story where the main character is in a dance club and there was music playing during an action scene. I was dancing around my kitchen while doing dishes. It was enthralling. It is now my favourite audiobook scene, ever.

The main character was great, the story was captivating. This audiobook was so great!

The narrator, Julia Whelan, was fantastic. I first heard of this novel when I saw her interviewed on the YouTube channel Captured in Words (the interview was good and piqued my interest). She did a great job voicing different characters as well as putting emotion into her voice.

Why are you still reading this review? Go buy this book!

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A Different Take on Altered Carbon

This story is very close to the world of Altered Carbon. It is an interesting short story.

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Kept me on the edge of my seat

every chapter had me going through previous events to try and peice it all together

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Too Small

Nice short story. Obviously not enough and we need more. The voice actor set a very nice tone to the whole thing that kept me on the edge of my seat.

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short and punchy in all the right ways

shorter stories always allow authors to showcase all the best parts of fiction but communicating sci-fri in short stories required som amount of info dumping. this is a perfect story woven with explanation so you never get tired or feel fatigued as it continues. it is perfect 🥰

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Wild

A rollercoaster of emotion. For such a short book it grips you the entire time.

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Surprisingly good.

I am used to much longer books so it was nice surprise to listen to a great short story.

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Futuristic Thriller

I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The narrator is great and I forgot that it was one person telling the story. Futuristic/Sci-fi is not my usual genre but this was a great listen and I would recommend it highly.

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Good story, weird background noisea

It was worth the listen. As others have mentioned, they added in some strange background noises at times. I assume this was supposed to increase the suspense, but it detracted from the story and was just odd and annoying. Otherwise a good production.

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Cool, interesting, worth it

The central concept was a bit hard to totally accept at first, but with being willing to go along with it the story was fun and the sci-fi ideas were interesting. The narration is solid and it's pretty fast paced and short. The ending is one to love and hate in equal measure in the way it makes you wonder what you want to happen, which is certainly different at the very least. I liked it. Overall it has some resonance and seemed well worth it in my opinion.

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