Engulfed with sorrow over her loss of her
mother, plagued by doubts about the program, and uncertain about the science
and the quality of life her mother will have in a forever dream state, Kat
agrees to take a job at E.D.E.N. This, at least, allows her to be near her
mother and watch over her.
Soon after taking the job at EDEN, Kat is
approached by a reporter, Morgan Brewer, who is investigating EDEN. Distrusting his role as a reporter and
suspicious his interest is only a pretense to get information from her to use
against her employer; she unwillingly turns to him when she has no other
options.
It doesn’t take Kat long to become suspicious
that EDEN is not the idyllic sanctuary promised for the faceless residents of
their perpetual sleep program. There is
something darker happening behind the scenes of EDEN, and Kat’s inability to
let it go pulls her deeper into that secret.
Jeff Russell creates a believable character in
Kat, a recent graduate doctor of Neuroscience.
She is grounded by her newness to the field, filled with enough
self-doubt to add to the challenges she faces, and likeable. As she presses on with her clandestine
investigations over her suspicions, she is pulled in opposing directions. She doubts her own suspicions, becomes newly suspicious
of her employer, convinces herself EDEN really is helping, and becomes
disturbed again by her discoveries at EDEN.
Jeff Russell does not overburden his medical
thriller with technical descriptions, keeping the story flowing and
compelling. I read this story in less
time than I usually do, laying back and putting off the things I really should
be doing so I could keep reading.
I received a free copy of this book in
exchange for my honest review.
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