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Randall Barnes is a native Californian who has traveled the world as an English language teacher and, after earning a PhD in Film Sound, has worked on many films as a sound designer. He currently shares his rural mountain home with a tuxedo cat named Teagan and spends much of his time enjoying fiction and films that explore the creative fringes of science fiction, horror and comedy.
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MOME

By Randall Barnes

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Overview


Tired of all the scags and his trigger-happy coworkers, Service Officer Martinex is relieved to be assigned a series of homicides. When none of the evidence points to anything physical, his investigation reveals a connection to two physicists, Alistair McCary and Davan Yazdani, who have made a revolutionary discovery of a powerful anomaly. Elsewhere, this anomaly drives untested beta that victimizes 12-year-old Joel Specchio, drawing him and the people around him into a conspiracy linked to the murders. All must untangle this web of deception to find out who or what the killers are, and stop them before they execute their world-dominating agenda.
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Alistair McCary wants to dive deeper into his anomaly, even after it obliterates his entire physics lab. His colleague, Davan Yazdani, is equally thrilled by the potential of her anomaly, but her excitement significantly dampens when her nagging roommate is rendered catatonic by it. Elsewhere, a physicist is murdered, and solitary Service Officer Kaleb Martinex is confused by the lack of any physical evidence in the crime. Martinex's investigation leads to a potential cover-up by one of the leading physics research labs, but the lab's CEO bars Martinex from further enquiries when he flouts their security protocols. To make matters worse, Kaleb is assigned a partner who dictates his every move. After crunching the preliminary data, Alistair agrees to help extract a boy from the Mingle, a piece of shareware that had been made public while still in beta phase. The boy's release draws the attention of two government agents, but from their strange questioning the boy's mother suspects they aren't who they appear to be. As Alistair and Davan get closer to the groundbreaking truth, the murders increase. Martinex's partner sees that all the evidence points to Alistair as their prime suspect, while Martinex begins to untangle an even more complex cover-up engineered by an international corporation, the Mingle, and a sinister operating system called MOME.
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Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery
  • Language:English
  • Pages:552
  • eBook ISBN:9798350968576
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350968569

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Laura
Great read First, don’t be intimated by the length. Barnes doesn’t waste a page. He gives you three different storylines that are very easy to follow. Each one is full of characters that are really easy to relate to, tons of fascinating futuristic gadgets, and many exciting discoveries. On top of that, there’s a murder mystery like no other at the center of it all. Also, you won’t be disappointed when all the storylines come together. Mome definitely has a different style than some of the other science fiction books I’ve read, but for me, it’s a book you won’t regret reading. Read more
Joaquin
Compelling! I really enjoyed MOME. I'm a science fiction fan but not a big on space operas, so I was first grabbed by the fact that the book revolves around a realization of the future that's completely earth-bound and very accessible. it gave the whole thing credibility. The science felt real. The new technology was totally believable. The characters read like people you could meet on the street today. It felt like a clever mixture of Philip K. Dick and William Gibson combined with Fringe and film noir police procedurals. The best thing about MOME was the world-building, especially how the author invented new words and phrases to ground you in the future. If you like imaginative stories full of gripping intrigue, unique flourishes, and persuasive settings, I'd check out MOME. Read more
Stephen
DEEPLY ENTERTAINING Do not read MOME if you are unprepared to be entertained in a very deep and profound way. Randall Barnes guides us through the intricate depths of a high tech mystery with the extraordinary adroitness of a master storyteller. MOME is a beautifully written first novel, which creates a claustrophobic tension, that causes the reader to need to hang on so as not to be thrown off, or worse yet, to be stuck in the shadows of a nightmare forever. Barnes is a smart writer. I appreciate that. I suspect others will as well. Read more