Walk in the flesh eBook Peter Bailey
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After terrorists killed his wife, scientists used nanotechnology to turn Neil into something that was not quite human. As a man he was unpleasant, dangerous and of little use. As wetwear, he is unpleasant, very dangerous and extremely useful. He kills without mercy, then erases the evidence by destroying his temporary body. The aftermath is someone else's problem.
The scientists that created this weapon knew they had made a monster. They did not know that Neil was monstrous before they started. What do they tell their superiors when Neil's atrocities escalate? With every mission a success, will the bureaucrats even care?
But Neil is worse than homicidal and psychopathic, he's untidy. When he leaves his severed head in Iran, he leaves a pathologist a puzzle to solve. If she succeeds, it will destroy England's only chance to survive in a terrorists' transformed world. The humanity of every member of this top secret team will be stretched to the limit when they are ordered to send this powerful psychotic assassin on a rescue mission.
Walk in the flesh eBook Peter Bailey
Walk in the Flesh is a dark, twisty sci-fi thriller, set in a future where a breakthrough in nano-technology has made it possible to upload the consciousness of a military operative into the brain of anyone that British Intelligence can take off the street for two weeks - anyone from a Chinese diplomat to an Iranian teenager. Provided that Neil, the military operative in question, is able to destroy the head of his host body at the end of each mission, all evidence of his presence is erased.Peter Bailey's writing is particularly successful at melding the sci-fi elements with reality; the violence that Neil's ability to push his host body past its physical limits enables is described with gritty realism, along with an almost clinical dissection of the collateral damage to Neil's wavering grip on his sanity.
For me, the main storyline took a little while to get off the ground; the first third of the book read like a series of cameo stories of Neil's missions, and it wasn't until nearly halfway that the story really focussed and pulled me in. It felt almost as if the author experimented with several secondary characters to pair against Neil, and only found the perfect match on the third or fourth outing, which is the secondary character he then runs with for the rest of the book.
This secondary character is Ariana, an Iranian medical technician who isolates the traces of Neil's presence in the brain of a body he failed to perfectly destroy. She also has the misfortune of having been born female at a time when religious fundamentalism and the accompanying gender prejudice are again sweeping the country. She appears to serve two purposes in the book; she allows the author to explore his perception of gender inequality in the Muslim culture from a female viewpoint - and she provides the perfect trigger to Neil's final destabilisation, tripping all his conflicts about his role as a white knight versus the destructive aspect of his condition.
On the whole, this was a thoroughly enjoyable book, with plenty of action and an original premise. By far the strongest aspect for me was the analysis of Neil’s spiral into complete breakdown, but the overall story was a good read, definitely worthwhile for anyone out there who likes sci-fi or military-style thrillers.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Walk in the flesh eBook Peter Bailey Reviews
There is not one minute allowed to get comfortable with the complicated plot in Peter Bailey’s thriller “Walk in The Flesh.” Soon after the readers first introduction to Neil, the novel’s protagonist, Bailey begins to unravel a hastily placed and original literary domain unique to this genre.
The novel is clearly an indisputable satire of the prevalence of technology and its capacity to essentially ruin lives. However, what Bailey does so interestingly in his richly detailed and realistic dialogue is he allows the construct of Science to have a conscience. This refreshing take on the oft-depicted malevolence of the scientific realm is what drives Neil’s journey to survive in a world of terrorism.
The elements that comprise the plot in Walk in the Flesh have been intrinsic to the thriller genre since its inception. Intrigue, retribution, governmental indecency - it’s all been written about before. Thrillers are not necessarily read for their innovative story construction, but instead for their style and capacity to surprise the reader. This, in my opinion, is what Bailey manages to do so well.
Neil is created to become sciences’ perfect specimen once his own wife is murdered by terrorists. This built-in and personal vendetta to combat terrorism allows Neil to show his skill at killing without remorse. He becomes so successful on his missions that those same scientists that created him begin to understand that while Neil has indeed become their ideal model, he is also extremely dangerous… and messy. They then begin to question the possible havoc that Neil could cause, and how that havoc is intrinsic to their own selfish motivations.
It is indeed Neil’s lack of tidiness that propels the plot to include several secondary characters who attempt to dismantle the government’s development of such ‘super men.’ With the introduction of additional characters come opportunities for Bailey to showcase his talent at crafting dialogue and illustrating various kinds of character motivation. It’s a chance for all readers to become even more involved in a story that is so much more than science and terrorism, but instead about the quest for redemption.
Walk in the Flesh is a dark, twisty sci-fi thriller, set in a future where a breakthrough in nano-technology has made it possible to upload the consciousness of a military operative into the brain of anyone that British Intelligence can take off the street for two weeks - anyone from a Chinese diplomat to an Iranian teenager. Provided that Neil, the military operative in question, is able to destroy the head of his host body at the end of each mission, all evidence of his presence is erased.
Peter Bailey's writing is particularly successful at melding the sci-fi elements with reality; the violence that Neil's ability to push his host body past its physical limits enables is described with gritty realism, along with an almost clinical dissection of the collateral damage to Neil's wavering grip on his sanity.
For me, the main storyline took a little while to get off the ground; the first third of the book read like a series of cameo stories of Neil's missions, and it wasn't until nearly halfway that the story really focussed and pulled me in. It felt almost as if the author experimented with several secondary characters to pair against Neil, and only found the perfect match on the third or fourth outing, which is the secondary character he then runs with for the rest of the book.
This secondary character is Ariana, an Iranian medical technician who isolates the traces of Neil's presence in the brain of a body he failed to perfectly destroy. She also has the misfortune of having been born female at a time when religious fundamentalism and the accompanying gender prejudice are again sweeping the country. She appears to serve two purposes in the book; she allows the author to explore his perception of gender inequality in the Muslim culture from a female viewpoint - and she provides the perfect trigger to Neil's final destabilisation, tripping all his conflicts about his role as a white knight versus the destructive aspect of his condition.
On the whole, this was a thoroughly enjoyable book, with plenty of action and an original premise. By far the strongest aspect for me was the analysis of Neil’s spiral into complete breakdown, but the overall story was a good read, definitely worthwhile for anyone out there who likes sci-fi or military-style thrillers.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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