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Fiction
Title: Infinite Exposure Author: Roland Hughes Rating:  Excellent!
Publisher: Logikal Solutions Web Page: infiniteexposure.net Publisher's E-mail: roland@logikalsolutions.com Reviewed by: Donn Gurney | View Bio |
 
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The jacket notes give us a brief description of the author’s background in the computer dominated world but not too much of a hint of how he has translated his business talents into being a terrific writer. This reviewer usually shies away from reading books not using conventional formats and punctuation, especially the lack of quotation marks, and started reading this book with some trepidation. Wrong! This story flows readily and provides a special reading experience on at least a couple of levels – a series of fast moving plots and subplots and an incisive look into our existing political world and the dangers governments, coupled with big business entities, are creating for our very immediate future. Infinite Exposure is categorized as “fiction,” and one would hope that it really is fiction, but the reader will end up wondering just how much Mr. Hughes knows about what is really going on around us as our world is falling apart wherever we look. It would seem he knows a lot. The characters are not described in much detail, nor are the entities for whom they work spelled out further, but the reader’s imagination will flesh out all the background needed to follow about six plots and sub-plots all proceeding on separate courses to one world-shaking conclusion – one much too probable and very terrifying. In the foreground and background, as well, are a global sized American bank, espionage organizations scattered throughout the world and the involvement of al-Qaeda hanging over the free world like a darkening cloud. The author does not define the time period of his story but one begins to realize very quickly that he is writing about now! In the preface, Mr. Hughes tells us, “This book is a work of fiction.” He goes on further to say, “Indeed this book is intended to be a wake-up call for both an industry and a country.” For 467 pages he fleshes out this very simple statement, to the point where the reader begins to take the “fictional” events and translate them to the realities reported in our daily news media. These realities are frightening and lay out a future of world-wide financial crisis coupled with the dangers of a political polarization of our society – especially as between the Muslim fundamentalists and the modern business world. It is easy, given the author’s analysis of the occurring events in his book, to see exactly what he is predicting and how the modern dependency on the Internet and related technologies can lead us to international disasters. This reviewer, who prides himself on being well-read and up to date on international geopolitics, begins to realize how little thought he has given to what is transpiring around us (even given constant clues by the past several years of financial melt-down) and what the dangers of our technical ignorance portend for the next several years. Mr. Hughes dedicates his excellent book, “For all those willing to step back and see the whole board, not just listen to what the announcer says and be spellbound.” This review is being written the week of the Japanese tragedy which, obviously caused by geological events beyond mankind’s control, is exacerbated by our dependence on technology and our willingness to follow the easiest path to the future. The reader would be well advised to reflect on the Japanese events while following Mr. Hughes’ twisting path through our very complex world and hoping against hope that he is wrong – but he’s most probably not wrong at all. Donn Gurney - Reviewer Go Back read another review, or choose a different category. | ||||