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The End of Marking Time [Kindle Edition]

CJ West
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Gifted housebreaker, Michael O'Connor, awakens inside an ultramodern criminal justice system where prison walls are replaced by surveillance equipment and a host of actors hired to determine if he is worthy of freedom. While he was sleeping, the Supreme Court declared long term incarceration to be cruel and unusual punishment and ordered two million felons released. The result was utter chaos and the backlash from law-abiding citizens and police departments reshaped the United States. Felons now enter reeducation programs where they live freely among the population. At least that's what they think. In reality they are enslaved to an army of counselors and a black box that teaches them everything they failed to learn from kindergarten through adulthood. Michael believes he's being tested by the black box, but what he slowly begins to realize is that everything he does is evaluated to determine whether he lives or dies.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 475 KB
  • Print Length: 284 pages
  • Publisher: 22 West Books (22 May 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003P9XAXW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #75,793 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Amazing 13 Jan 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
What an amazing book!

Social commentary on a level with George Orwell, wrapped up in a fascinating story.

This is one of those rare books that stays with you long after reading it, and is a book that just needs to be discussed. Can't recommend this book highly enough
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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this is one of those books that once you have read it you want others to read it. It is a thoughful, well executed novel which raises many ethical questions. it also answers or lets you explore some alternatives to the life choices someone makes.
Although Michael O Connor is an opportunistic and unrepentant thief you want him to do better, you warm to him and really want him to make a go of it. He makes mistakes and you want to shout at him because the reader can see the pitfalls before they happen. To write anymore would spoil the plot but if you like a book that is different in a thought provoking way and makes you think then read this.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
.....A steal at 74p 5 Jan 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
A techno take on the kafka/1984 nightmare ; one individual is under permenant watch in a society that has radically changed the fundamental idea of how crime , punishment and freedoms are dealt with . The story has good solid roots and remains consistent throughout ,it draws to a clever ending . A very interesting and thought provoking read .
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I don't know if I can add much to what other reviewers have already said about this book, but I wanted to agree that it was definately thought provoking,and the sort of book that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. A. Thomas-davis
Great Story Around a Poignant Issue
Imagine a world with no prisons, just attempts to "re-educate" criminals and re-introduce them to society. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jack Percival
A more depressing version of "A Clockwork Orange"
If you've read "A Clockwork Orange" you pretty much know the underlying concept of this book. It's less violent, but ultimately just as depressing. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Easy Goin Roj
Couldn't put it down!
I put off buying this book for the best part of a year as it really didn't sound like the kind of book I normally read. Read more
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Thought-provoking
I started off thinking the book was rather simplistic, then realised that the view was that of the (first person) protagonist. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Yvonne Thomas
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Don't let the cover put you off, this book is really good! The whole premise of the book is interesting with it being set in a future without prisons, and seeing how the main... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Anna
Fantastic and Thought provoking
This book is great, I grabbed it not expecting that much from it but after a few pages I was hooked and kept finding spare moments to read it on my kindle. Read more
Published 2 months ago by splicer
Love it.....
A book I would never have picked up to read.... until I got my kindle. I chose this at the time because it was a free down load and I thought ok lets see. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Allison
The End of Marking Time
"The End of Marking Time" is a thriller, but a different kind of thriller. Although it might be set in the future, it could also be an alternate reality. Read more
Published 8 months ago by BigAl
A thought provoking book that will stay with you long after it is...
The story focuses on criminal Michael O'Connor who has made it his life's work to ensure that he isn't caught. Read more
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