Spherical Tomi: A Novel of Despair

In this podiobook: "Star Wars is over. Star Trek is dead. In Spherical Tomi, Jack Mangan has opened up a new frontier."- Ernest Hogan, author of Smoking Mirror BluesA top-secret AI project.A deadly power struggle between warlords.Tomi was once lead combat programmer for the Shogun Ryogi, on the front lines of his conflict against President William the Black of Cerberus. When she failed to prevent William from killing the samurai she loved, she abandoned all sides, all loyalties, all hope. In her fury, Tomi destroyed the Greatship, Hades IV, and almost everyone onboard. Almost everyone. . .William the Black escaped with his life.She now hides out in a remote monastery, awaiting the day when she can kill the three she holds responsible for the death of her samurai: William, Ryogi, and herself. . .With her real body in exile, Tomi's consciousness inhabits a deteriorating clone body on a satellite around Cerberus. She's lived and worked incognito in orbit for almost three years now, monitoring the planet's subspace debris cleanup.But some histories will not stay buried.Tomi again finds herself in the crossfire when Ryogi's forces ambush the Presidential shuttle in her sector.Ryogi's samurai have pirated remote control of her satellite's store of dormant clone bodies; his combat programmers fight her for the station's computers, while the planet's extrasphere swarms with deadly smart-mines. Will she be able to protect the President's shuttle to secure her own vengeance? Will she be able to hold her satellite together? Or will Tomi abandon it all and give in to despair?"Spherical Tomi" is an action-packed tale of deception, revenge, redemption, fragmented identity, and the limitations of the human and artificial mind.

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Don Mario

Choose Your Own Adventure is dead. Someone forgot to tell Jack Mangan

To call this book 'tripe' would be an insult to the first, second, and third stomachs of ruminants worldwide. This book is best described as sub-tripe; perhaps originating from the abomasum or duodenum regions. If you want a thrilling plot full of interplanetary intrigue, or likable, well-drawn characters, look elsewhere; if you ever wanted an excruciatingly detailed description of how to make love to a barnyard animal in zero gravity, well, then you're covered.
atomicslug

Great listen!

Audio quality is sub-par, but the writing quality and narraration more than make up for it. Mangan has a way with words. Could do with a little more back-story, though. It feels as if you're jumping right into the middle of the book.
Octopon

boring

Just didn't really pull me in. I tried to get into it, but just couldn't
ultimate_ed

Something fresh in Sci-Fi

Jack Mangan's unique future vision - combat programers hacking enemy defenses, samurai warriors fighting between mighty warships in the vacuum of space, and people able to project their consciousness into remote robotic bodies (itai), combine to form a story that is both deeply character driven, and edge of your seat action packed. Tomi, an elite combat programmer is the lead character, on a path in search of redemption and revenge over the death of her love, the Samurai Nez. Through spectacular twists and turns, you will journey with her and be drawn in sympathy with her plight. Then ending is not one I saw coming, and that in itself is a refreshing change. You won't be dissapointed in this groundbreaking piece of podiobook fiction.

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