Seconds To Midnight - David Orson Newton

 

 'The year is 2029, Europe is on the brink of war and The Doomsday Clock is edging closer to Midnight". Add to this AI and Omnia, and  Artificial Superintelligence (AS?) that answers only to itself and what you have is a cracking espionage thriller/techno thriller/Sci-Fi that feels a lot more relevant today than it really should.

 David Orson Scott has brought together an interesting set of characters - spies, ex-spies, journalists, tech types, those who want to fight, those who have fought and don't want to any more.

 I was not sure how much I would enjoy this novel as sometimes this kind of fiction can be too jargon heavy but STT is not that. The story rattles along at a fair old pace and I would have gladly read it in one sitting but thankfully I was able to space my reading sessions out a little. A sign of a good story is when you find yourself thinking about it in the times between reading - that was certainly the case here. Although after watching the news on tv lately I do find I have to keep reminding myself "It's only a story, it's only a story, it's . . . only a story?"

 4/5* - Highly Recommended 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair, unbiased and honest review and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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