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Lädt ... Active Memoryvon Dan Wells
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Gehört zur ReiheMirador (3)
From Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, comes the third installment in a thrilling sci-fi noir series set in 2050 Los Angeles. Even in a world where technology connects everyone's minds, it would seem that some secrets can still remain hidden. For all the mysteries teen hacker Marisa Carneseca has solved, one has always eluded her: When she was two years old, she was in a car accident in which she lost her arm and a mob boss's wife, Zenaida de Maldonado, lost her life. No one can tell her what she was doing in that car, or how it led to the feud between the Carnesecas and the Maldonados. The secrets from the past rise violently to the surface when Zenaida's freshly severed hand shows up at the scene of a gangland shooting. If Zenaida is--or was--still alive, it means there's even more about Marisa's past that she doesn't know. And when everyone from Los Angeles gangs to the world's largest genetic engineering firms becomes involved in the case, it's clear there's more happening under the surface than anyone cares to admit. The truth is out there, and Marisa will have to thread together lost friends, corporate assassins, a gang lord's digital brain, and what might be a literal ghost from the past in order to find it. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Characterization: Great
Recommended: Yes
Level: High School
"Active Memory" is the third installment in the Mirador series by Dan Wells (Bluescreen, 2016; Ones and Zeroes, 2017). Set in Los Angeles in the year 2050, this story follows a band of friends as they attempt to make sense of a recent discovery of a severed hand in a gang shootout. If finding a severed hand isn't bad enough, a DNA test reveals it belongs to Zenaida de Maldonado, believed to be dead for over a decade.
Marisa Carneseca was involved in the car crash that supposedly killed Zenaida, losing her biological arm in the process. The reason why then 2-year-old Marisa was in that car to begin with is unknown. As more layers to this mystery are unveiled, the rivalry between the Carnesecas and Maldonados reveals itself to be more nuanced and involved than anyone realized.
This novel is action-packed and gripping. I have not read the first two books in this series and, although there was some back story that was unknown to me, the piece overall was easy to follow and understandable. There is a very diverse cast of characters in this novel, with numerous languages intertwined in the dialogue, including Spanish, Chinese, and German.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that I thoroughly enjoyed Active Memory. Science Fiction is not a genre that I typically read, so having a story that kept my interest and had me craving more is a testament to the skill of Wells as a writer. I would definitely recommend this title. (