The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that's little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra - who are barely even talking to each other - are forced to fight their way onto one of the evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what's really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again!
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents - including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews and more - Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth and the courage of everyday heroes.
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[So, here's the file that almost killed me, director]***
(Oneworld Publications, 22 October 2015, 608 pages, ebook, #popsugarreadingchallenge 2019, a book told from multiple character POV's, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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This book completely blew me away. I need to read the other two books in the trilogy Illuminae is one of the most original books I've ever read. Every page was a pleasure to read. I've read books before that contain different media such as newspaper articles or diary extracts. However, I've never read a book that completely consisted of things like spaceship logs, memos and diaries. There are no sections or chapters of traditional prose you expect to find in a novel. The entire book is made-up of a variety of documents which gradually reveal the pieces of the puzzle. The book is over 600 pages but I raced through it, thanks to the unusual structure. I loved this book so much.