"For me, this was a 5-star read. The characters were spectacular and the story itself was amazing” – Reedsy Discovery"Reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Divergent... As Louis learns about how Arcadia functions, readers will share in his mingled confusion and horror" -Kirkus Reviews
"What happens after death?"
That is the question Louis King is faced with everyday at his job as a young professor of religious history at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
He soon finds that he'll find the answer to the question he never ultimately wanted the answer to when he faces down his own mortality.
Is it worth it to escape death if it means everything you have ever known and loved is gone?
Cryo is a gripping dystopian novel that explores the dark side of ambition and the human cost of progress. When Louis King, is forced to deal with his own mortality, he finds a way to escape his fate by cryogenically freezing himself only to wake up in a future where medicine has advanced beyond his wildest dreams. Things are not what they seem when Louis is abruptly awakened into a society that appears idyllic on the surface. Behind the gilded facade lies a society built on exploitation and deceit.
As Louis adjusts to the shock of finding himself hundreds of years in the future, he grapples with the moral implications of a world that has created a utopia at the cost of human lives. Adjusting to his new life, he must find a way that he fits into his altered existence while trying to grasp the fact that everyone and everything that he cared about is gone. As something brews in the depths of the city, he is faced with the arduous choice of becoming a part of what is unfolding around him, or settling in to this new world.
A page-turning tale of survival, self-discovery, and fighting for what's right, Cryo is a novel that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
Genre: Science Fiction
"What happens after death?"
That is the question Louis King is faced with everyday at his job as a young professor of religious history at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
He soon finds that he'll find the answer to the question he never ultimately wanted the answer to when he faces down his own mortality.
Is it worth it to escape death if it means everything you have ever known and loved is gone?
Cryo is a gripping dystopian novel that explores the dark side of ambition and the human cost of progress. When Louis King, is forced to deal with his own mortality, he finds a way to escape his fate by cryogenically freezing himself only to wake up in a future where medicine has advanced beyond his wildest dreams. Things are not what they seem when Louis is abruptly awakened into a society that appears idyllic on the surface. Behind the gilded facade lies a society built on exploitation and deceit.
As Louis adjusts to the shock of finding himself hundreds of years in the future, he grapples with the moral implications of a world that has created a utopia at the cost of human lives. Adjusting to his new life, he must find a way that he fits into his altered existence while trying to grasp the fact that everyone and everything that he cared about is gone. As something brews in the depths of the city, he is faced with the arduous choice of becoming a part of what is unfolding around him, or settling in to this new world.
A page-turning tale of survival, self-discovery, and fighting for what's right, Cryo is a novel that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
Genre: Science Fiction
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