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Cyberchild

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I really enjoyed reading Paultre's first novel and was impressed by his ability to develop characters that are real and at the same time take us to a world of the future with cars that drive themselves, bio-engineered weapons and more. Finally, I love the Eastern European setting. Great stuff!

Book expertly melds some of today's hot button issues (animal activism and ethnic homelands) into a very believable future world where a visionary (?) wants to supplement humans with a computer built in their brain. The book makes you think about moral and ethical dilemmas (when is violence necessary, when does computerization cross the line) while reading like a Robert Ludlum thriller. Great characters and be prepared for the exciting climax. Get it before the future is here.

Influenced by his love of technology and his passion for politics and controversial discourse, Paultre presents the reader with a masterfully woven futuristic tale. Just as debates of the benefits of embryonic stem cell research are weighed against ethical and moral dilemmas at the current time, Paultre extends such concerns to a futuristic setting where advanced technology presents society with even more intriguing dilemmas. Where and when does technology and medical progress cross the line? Paultre coaxes his readers to investigate the possibilities. All that, and a love story too!

Set in the near future this is a thought provoking technothiller well worth a read.

I really enjoyed this book. It has everything going for it including interesting characters, good plot twists and lots of high-tech goodies. One of the better sci-fi books I have read. I highly recommend it and hope that there will be a sequel.

Cyberchild is a novel that makes you question the world we now live in, leading one's perception beyond the fictional plot set in a not so far future. The book consumes the the reader and gives insight into possible future technology and the ethical decisions this will force upon mankind.

The characters give the social and ethical movements in society a face and force empathy upon the reader. Being the daughter of the author, it almost scares me to have a so vivid an insight into my father`s imagination influenced by his knowledge of technology, which makes the plot of the novel seem even more probable.

By the way, I did the cover art ;) So buy the book...

The author seems to have invented his animal activists from whole cloth without having even a passing familiarity with his subjects. Activists willing to mount an attack on a research facility to free the animals would undoubtedly be vegans, and would live according to the tenet than animals must not be used by humans for any purpose. On principle, they would not eat any animal products, not even organic eggs and milk, understanding the inherent cruelties in using female animals as food production units - no matter that the animals ate organic feed. They would not have a favorite leather chair, recognizing cow's skin as a by-product of and support for using cows as food. They would not sleep with a down comforter, aware of the cruelty of pulling the feathers from often-live birds. Most importantly, they would not endorse experimentation on nonhuman primates, with or without oversight, knowing that 'humane" research on apes and monkeys is not possible and that their use as test subjects is unethical. Instead of the believable activists he could have created with a little research and thought, the author gave us a group of inconsistent vegetarian welfarists acting implausibly, distracting from the story.