"I think that this would make an interesting read for fans of surrealism and science fiction, keeping you thoroughly off balance until the end."
Is this real life, or is it just fantasy? In a futuristic world where coastal cities like Venice are underwater and cities like Paris have been destroyed by nuclear war, they only live on through memory and uploaded on to a virtual reality called Flow. Actor Nikolai Vasilyev spends his time drinking and wallowing in the past and immersing himself in the career he wished he still had through Flow.
When he agrees to deliver a strange gift in exchange for food and alcohol, he is dragged into a surreal series of events, never sure if he is hallucinating, trapped inside Flow or working as a spy. We are deftly swept along with Nikolai through the plotline, the unreliable narrator successfully keeping us destabilised and unsure of what’s happening and what isn’t.
The storyline has a surreal, dreamlike feel to it, disparate pieces of a puzzle that merge into one another. The Zeroth Day uses its dystopian / sci-fi storyline to explore a number of themes - people increasingly spending their time and living their lives online, the development of AI and potential future uses and pitfalls as well as the political climate and future sources of energy.
I think that this would make an interesting read for fans of surrealism and science fiction, keeping you thoroughly off balance until the end.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
Set in a near future in which Venice and other coastal cities are underwater, Paris has been incinerated in a nuclear blast, and surviving cities like Moscow are plagued by permanent rolling blackouts, the vast majority of humanity finds escape in the Flow, a virtual-reality simulation of the world that’s powered by users’ subconscious desires. The story follows Nikolai Vasilyev, who’s a shadow of the man he used to be.
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Set in a near future in which Venice and other coastal cities are underwater, Paris has been incinerated in a nuclear blast, and surviving cities like Moscow are plagued by permanent rolling blackouts, the vast majority of humanity finds escape in the Flow, a virtual-reality simulation of the world that’s powered by users’ subconscious desires. The story follows Nikolai Vasilyev, who’s a shadow of the man he used to be.
The Zeroth Day features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Indie Books We Love, Science Fiction, Recommendations, Fiction
Paperback, Hardback. £12.59, down from the £13.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Zeroth Day was written by Daniil Rozental and published by Austin Macauley Publishers
The Zeroth Day has 198 pages
£12.59, reduced from £13.99. In Stock.
