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Real-life Characters and Unearthly Powers

Revisado: 04-05-19

I hate to think what this says about life on planet Earth right now, but I’ve recently experienced quite a few stories that share some elements of Absolute Ambition’s problematic world. Life in a big city where the rich and powerful live far from the slums and the dead zones their enterprises cause; planetary government co-opted by a giant corporation; environmental degradation, caused by mining the energy source; deadly authoritarianism that brooks no dissent and tosses the lives of “little people” around like depressing confetti; normal joes who risk it all to become hunted terrorists as they plot to…in this case, destroy a power reactor. I think Absolute Ambition differs from other apparently similar tales in two ways: a focus on everyday human life, with real characters and emotionally true conversations; a different, distant, spooky viewpoint, planet Pearl the way angels and demons see it. Yes, besides corporate evil and regular folk, we have an angel and a demon struggling to control the planet’s fate. Again. Apparently, this has all happened before. The demon and the angel argue like a divorced couple, randomly possessing the bodies of earthly characters. You have homey scenes, for example when conspirator and single mom Sagacious introduces old childhood crush and disgraced ex-mercenary soldier Cirrus to her daughter. And you have mythic scenes, like when the Demon and the Angel possess Cirrus and a passing gardener, proceeding to fiercely debate the end of the world. Other abrupt character and scene changes in this story can either be confusing, or create an unreal, dreamlike atmosphere. If you listen to audio books doing chores, wandering around the house, you’re going to miss a detail and get lost. Save this one for a long walk or a road trip. The narrator is clear and does subtly different voices for all the characters. Near the end, you’re going to wonder how the story will resolve in an hour; it won’t. Be prepared to let go and await the next book!

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