Title: The Phone Company
Author: David Jacob Knight
Publisher: DJK
* Note: Reader copy provided by the authors for impartial review.
Steve's
life isn't what it used to be. His wife
died from cancer and his relationship with his kids seems to be dying along
with it. When the phone company comes to
town, giving everyone in town a new phone called a Tether, it seems like a
godsend.
Students
thrive as information is at their fingertips.
The local police can get an instant background check (and lie detector
and breathalyzer) immediately. Instant
popularity apps? Check! An X-ray feature
so that you can see if students in school have weapons? Check! Track your children anywhere? Check!
But it turns out the connection may be from a very darker place as
everyone Steve knows seems to descend into some sort of horrific madness.
The
Phone Company mixes the surreal social conscious horror of Bentley Little, with
the epic, in depth eeriness of Stephen King.
While certainly ratcheted up a
level or two, the things The Phone Company's Tether can do in this book are
scarily plausible. In fact, the social
commentary on our current world - a world where 'likes' matter more than actual
opinion and where your entire social life is based on online 'friends' - is biting,
timely, and all too accurate.
Now,
I used the word epic before and that's not hyperbole. This is one of those great big reads that
leaves you feeling like you've entered another world for a while. It's a little gruesome in parts, while not
being splatter-filled, and should even please those folks who are new to modern
horror.
An
excellent read and highly recommended!
Was this on vine?
ReplyDeleteNo, the authors provided a copy for review. In fact, this book took me away from my Vine reading and because of it, I'm at my deadline on another book!
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