Shadow Status

Name: Shadow Status
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: River K. Scott
ISBN: 9781951899219

Author: River K. Scott

Narrator: Lora Harper

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Guard Tree Publishing

Published: 12/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

A talented young hacker. A desperate artificial intelligence. The fate of two worlds.Sixteen-year-old Jaffrey Pewitt holds a life-threatening secret. A genetic outcast, the brilliant teen’s academy scores have earned him a position patrolling the mainframe and eliminating rogue program code ― a job prohibited to those with his DNA. And when he encounters an illegal AI, she threatens to expose his true identity if he doesn’t help her community survive.Torn between loyalty to his people and protecting himself, Jaffrey walks a knife's edge in a play for more time. But when his superiors upload a massive virtual war machine that causes a lethal power surge, the cost in digital and human lives convinces him that the future of both species may be doomed.Can Jaffrey choose the right side before it’s too late?Shadow Status is an explosive standalone cyberpunk novel. If you like clever heroes, intricate puzzles, and deep moral quandaries, then you’ll love River K. Scott’s electrifying thrill-ride.Ages 12 and up | ⚠ Some language, simulated violence

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon on October 14, 2020

River is back heading off in a new direction but with all of her amazing literary skill and emotive flowing prose intact. This is a new departure for the author compared to her previous series, but reads in her signature style. A talented hacker, illegal AI's, society ravaged by the effects of a vicio......more

Goodreads review by Naemi on March 04, 2022

3.5 Stars ** Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Nevertheless, all opinions presented here are my own. ** A sci-fi novel set in a dystopian world that also includes AI characters? Of course I wasn’t going to turn this one down! Honestly, I have never really out......more

Goodreads review by K on February 27, 2021

** Edited 28/02/21 - I have just listened to the audiobook version of this book, and it was fantastic. River is a great storyteller, and the different voices she used for each character really made this interesting and fun to listen to. Jaffrey has a big secret. He was born a 'Proset', meaning his l......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 24, 2020

Review originally published here, at Reedsy Discovery: [URL not allowed] An adventurous YA cyberpunk novel about a teenager dealing with sentient AI in a post-pandemic world. Imagine, if you will, a world where energy collapse, climate change, and a deadly virus have ravaged the......more

Goodreads review by Mary on September 19, 2022

Far into the future, humanity is living in a fragmented world shared with highly advanced artificial intelligence. Humans have been subdivided by class due to the unfortunate result of a science experiment gone wrong: not everyone will live to adulthood, and if one is not lucky enough to have the ge......more