Sunday, February 19, 2023

Planned Obsolescence: A manuscript of life


Planned Obsolescence is a mystery thriller featuring an academic investigator by Lorin Brandon. Released 1st Dec 2022 from Loudhailer Books, it's 361 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This is an interesting and well written fictional deep dive about the role religion plays in humanity's development and existence, consensual reality, perception, self determination, all wrapped up in an ancient mystery. There will be inevitable comparisons to Dan Brown's Langdon books (Da Vinci code, et. al.). I also got a distinct faint Lovecraftian vibe from some of the setup (creepy forbidden manuscript, secret societies, indifferent/absent/malevolent alien overlords, etc). 

An interesting and thought provoking book. Very well written. 

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

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