{"id":27042,"date":"2025-03-23T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27042"},"modified":"2025-03-23T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:14:53","slug":"114-light-dreams-the-brin-trilogy-book-1-by-nicholas-avedon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27042","title":{"rendered":"11,4 light dreams (The Brin Trilogy Book 1) by Nicholas Avedon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A sleek, cerebral cyberpunk noir\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avedon\u2019s series kicker in the Brin Trilogy is a cerebral, haunting tale that explores the fine line between indulgence and control in a corporate-run future. In 23rd-century Paris, emotions are currency, and Ariel de Santos is a master of the trade, crafting Vivid Dreams that let others feel what\u2019s long been lost. But genius has its price. Drowning in debt and hunted by powerful enemies, his only escape is Veluss, a colony ship bound for a distant future. With Joanne, his muse, by his side, Ariel must risk everything to reclaim his freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avedon blends cyberpunk aesthetics with a noir sensibility, building a strikingly immersive world, where Paris\u2019 elite live high above the city\u2019s crumbling foundations, and the desperate cling to illusions for survival. The novel explores not just technological control but also social decay, class division, and the commodification of emotions. Ariel\u2019s work, manipulating dreams to fulfill clients’ desires, highlights the novel\u2019s theme of artificiality: what is real when emotions, experiences, and even love can be bought and sold? A vivid, unsettling vision of a future where reality is just another product to be sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date January 20, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 979-8307338377<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $14.00 (USD) Paperback, $2.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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