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Resistance

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky

Series: Divided Elements (1)

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*** Winner of a OneBookTwo 2017 Standout Award ***In a future Paris (now known as the walled, city-state of Otpor), a new Golden Age has arrived. The struggles of the Singularity and Emancipation forgotten, citizens now enjoy a veritable utopia of full employment and universal healthcare washed down with ubiquitous drugs, alcohol, and entertainment. A utopia made possible by the Orthodoxy - the prevailing ideology that sees everything engineered to maximum efficiency, including identities. And yet, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo. Two generations after the execution of Kane 148 and Otpor's return to order, the Resistor's legacy still lingers. Forbidden murals are appearing on crumbling concrete walls to threaten the city's structured harmony - calling citizens to action. Calling for Resistance.When Kane's former protege, Anaiya 234, is selected for a high-risk mission, Otpor is given the chance it needs to eliminate the Heterodoxy and Anaiya the opportunity she craves to erase a shameful past. But the mission demands an impossible sacrifice - her identity.Subjected to a radical new procedure, Anaiya's identity is realigned, allowing her to go deep undercover in search of the growing rebellion. But, as the risk of violence escalates and every decision is fraught with betrayal, Anaiya's fractured identity threatens to unravel not only her mission, but also her mind.… (more)
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A glossy, well-written tale that holds a lot of promise, which has grown on me the longer I've thought about it.

In a post-apocalyptic Paris that is almost but not quite unrecognisable, the Co-operative clings on by adhering to a strictly regulated society. Citizens are conditioned from birth to accept their lot; unorthodoxy is punished.

When Peacekeeper Anaiya is asked to go undercover to find the source of an outbreak of Heterodoxy, it means being reconditioned and losing her very self. Will she be able to cling to her mission or will her new nature lead her astray?

This is a well-executed dystopia with some intriguing world-building and clever use of prose (it's worth paying close attention to the use of language, which evolves as Anaiya changes). While it never quite won me over to caring about its characters, it did enough work to leave me curious about their future. I'm looking forward to future instalments.

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*** Winner of a OneBookTwo 2017 Standout Award ***In a future Paris (now known as the walled, city-state of Otpor), a new Golden Age has arrived. The struggles of the Singularity and Emancipation forgotten, citizens now enjoy a veritable utopia of full employment and universal healthcare washed down with ubiquitous drugs, alcohol, and entertainment. A utopia made possible by the Orthodoxy - the prevailing ideology that sees everything engineered to maximum efficiency, including identities. And yet, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo. Two generations after the execution of Kane 148 and Otpor's return to order, the Resistor's legacy still lingers. Forbidden murals are appearing on crumbling concrete walls to threaten the city's structured harmony - calling citizens to action. Calling for Resistance.When Kane's former protege, Anaiya 234, is selected for a high-risk mission, Otpor is given the chance it needs to eliminate the Heterodoxy and Anaiya the opportunity she craves to erase a shameful past. But the mission demands an impossible sacrifice - her identity.Subjected to a radical new procedure, Anaiya's identity is realigned, allowing her to go deep undercover in search of the growing rebellion. But, as the risk of violence escalates and every decision is fraught with betrayal, Anaiya's fractured identity threatens to unravel not only her mission, but also her mind.

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