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alt.human (aka Harmony) [Kindle Edition]

Keith Brooke
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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'Alt.Human is a startlingly new take on the theme of an Earth under alien occupation. The far-future Earth revealed to us is both familiar and weird, and Keith Brooke's vivid, high-definition prose makes us see it all with magnificent clarity, as if we were there, sharing the ruins and rubble with his strange but all too human characters.' --Alastair Reynolds

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP K DICK AWARD

The aliens are here, all around us. They always have been. And now, one by one, they're destroying our cities.

Dodge Mercer deals in identities, which is fine until the day he deals the wrong identity and clan war breaks out. Hope Burren has no identity, and no past, struggling with a relentless choir of voices filling her head.

In a world where nothing is as it seems, where humans are segregated and aliens can sing realities and tear worlds apart, Dodge and Hope lead a ragged band of survivors in a search for the rumoured sanctuary of Harmony, and what may be the only hope for humankind.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 595 KB
  • Print Length: 412 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Solaris (27 May 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0086W4UQ4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #90,289 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Out of this World..! 26 Oct 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not the biggest Sci-fi fan in the world but a huge fan of good writing and Alt.Human is an exceptional book. From page one the author drops you into a future that is all too real and at once invigorating. The protagonist is believable and well-realised - unlike some other forays into the genre I've noticed - but the five-star decider for me was the story. Keith Brooke is a fine storyteller, he knows when to hold back and when to reveal something to his reader. This novel will grip you tight from start to finish. Just outstanding.
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By grahamw
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read this book after reading a review in the Guardian, and I have to agree with the big G that this is a very fine book indeed. To my shame I hadn't heard of Keith Brooke, but frankly I think he's up there with the best and most original sci fi writers around.

alt.human is set in a future dystopia where alien species have effectively subjugated humans. Confined to ghetto-like 'indigenous peoples preserves', the human population becomes steadily more terrorised, until a group escapes from the city and begins a journey to save humanity.

The protagonists (alien and human) are compelling and well thought through, but the real joy for me was the imagination that Brooke shows in his description and handling of the cityscape. halfway through the book, I started dreaming that I was there... that hasn't happened for a while.

Anyway, great book - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Familiar themes but feels new 4 May 2013
Format:Kindle Edition
This has familiar themes of aliens and dystopia but it feels new. I quickly became engrossed. My only quibble is that it could have been longer with perhaps a fuller ending
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