THE CLOUD just might keep you up
at night, and if not, it most certainly will have you
thinking of the future of the tech world for children.
Anything and everything is possible in THE CLOUD.
Nat Idle enters the subway for a late train, when a
mountain of a man staggers into him and knocks Nat onto the
tracks with the mountain man on top of him. Nat cracks the
back of his head open on the tracks. The man escapes,
running out of the subway, but a passerby named Faith helps
Nat to his feet. As Nat is exiting the Subway, he picks up
a paper that the man dropped, with Nat's name on it. He
comes to believe that this was no accident. He then
befriends Faith who he had seen talking to the man who
almost killed him and they both go on a fast and furious
journey. Racing down highways, tracking down unknown
people, very exciting! But Nat does not trust anyone, for
since he hit his head, all is not what it seems to be. He's
confused, his memory is bad, and he's exhausted, but he is
driven to pursue the truth.
When Nat enters the Cloud, his memory is bad, flash backs
of his past are tangled and he's not sure what's going on.
He thinks it's the almost fatal blow to his head that's
causing all the craziness and confusion, but he's driven to
find out the truth of it all.
The more roads he goes down to find answers, he meets other
people who have been hurt, or have lost someone to this
crazy ride of future technology designed to help kids learn
to multi-task and this may be causing them more harm with
deadly side effects.
In the past, Nat being a Journalist had chased down more
stories then most Journalists, but his story involves not
only his life, but the lives of innocent children. THE
CLOUD is
a fast moving story and you feel that you are sitting right
beside Nat on his very fast journey. Oh, and do go for the
ride, it's well worth the
read!.
I loved the ending of THE CLOUD, it is an eye opener
for Nat and I hear that Mr. Richtel may have another book
in the works for Nat Idle. I look forward to reading more
of Nat's future. THE CLOUD is a thriller,
with a lot of interesting answers
and findings.
A late-night accident on a San Francisco subway platform
has altered Nat Idle's reality. But then, there are no
accidents.
Disoriented and bloodied after a near-deadly fall onto the
subway tracks, freelance journalist Nat Idle discovers that
a beautiful stranger has come to his aid . . . and that the
burly man who barreled into him had intended to do Nat harm.
What he doesn't know is why—and his quest for answers leads
him to uncover a handful of mysterious deaths, and a bizarre
neurological disorder plaguing Bay Area children . . . as he
ventures ultimately into the Cloud.
In a brave new world, the Cloud is where we store data,
secrets, dreams. But it is something more—something
insidious with the power to change not just how we interact
with the world, but our behavior, and brains. Nat, in search
of the truth, finds himself lost in a psychedelic maze,
discovering things that cannot possibly be, realizing there
is no one and nothing he can trust . . . not even his own mind.
great review, Joanne. Nice to see a reviewer who connects to what I was trying to say (says the author of The Cloud). Keep up the great work! (Matt Richtel 9:45am March 8, 2013)
Thank you Matt!!!!!!!!! (Joanne Bozik 6:13pm March 8, 2013)
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