Monday, February 9, 2026

Book Review: Hack Escape

Title: Hack Escape

Author: Al Shield

Date: 2020

Quote: "During the last few minutes of the recording process the line had suddenly gone from flat to near the top of the scale. Not in a gradual climb either but an instant jump as if someone had flicked a switch and brought the brain activity back to just how it was before this ‘Hack’ had been blasted to pieces.

Al Shield. Hack Escape - Al Shield (Kindle Locations 169-171). Kindle Edition. " 

This "prequel" is not about hacking. It's about a soldier, brain-dead or close to it, who was supposed to have been revived as a sort of fighter robot but suddenly recovered his own real brain. Hack doesn't fancy being trans-humanized any further, after a few special fighting capabilities had been added, so he takes off on his own. There will be three more volumes of kill-or-be-killed adventures.

Not my cup of tea but, for those who find this kind of thing actually helps them relax, in the way that stretching does for muscles, here is some of it. The "prequel" is meant to introduce the characters and their situation so that you can decide whether you want the three full-length novels.

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