The London Project (A Science Fiction Thriller) (Portal Book 1)

Mark J Maxwell

Mark J Maxwell

About this ebook

In a smart city that monitors your every move, finding the killer of a young girl should have been easy.

Detective Sergeant Louisa Bennett is assigned to investigate the murder. Following an attack on London’s network, private data on every city resident is leaked. In the ensuing chaos, when Louisa uncovers a connection between her own case and the data breach, she becomes a target herself.

To save her own life Louisa must uncover the truth behind the girl’s death — a truth which leads her deep into the heart of The London Project.

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Set in a familiar yet futuristic London, The London Project blends a detective who-done-it mystery with science fiction to produce a fast paced crime technothriller.

Ratings and reviews

I very much enjoyed The London Project, by Mark J Maxwell. Set in an Orwellian future London where everyone is on the grid all the time, The London Project sets itself apart by using London as a sort of staging area for the "Big Brother" surveillance of the future. It's the first city to acquire Portal, which masquerades as a kind of über-Facebook where everyone is connected all the time. Of course, the sinister flip-side to the connectedness is that the people behind Portal know what you're up all the time. The London Project is a definite page-turner that will keep you reading well into the wee hours. The scenario is eerily plausible, and Maxwell's explanations of Portal's inner workings are surprisingly interesting – [there is always the possibility that such content could be dry and boring, but Maxwell really makes it work]. I'd recommend The London Project to anyone who enjoys sci-fi/dystopian thrillers. You will not be disappointed!

I really got into this book I like to read crime fiction. From the first chapter I knew I would be hooked on this book and I wasn’t wrong. I really enjoyed how the futuristic feel of the police force. It didn’t seem to unrealistic at all. I could feel Louisa frustrating when looking at information into how the victim appeared where she was,. I really like how the author has really thought about the technology and how advanced it could be in the future I don’t know whether I would like to live in that sort of world but it is an interesting idea on how the future may be with all the technological advances. I really like how down to earth Louisa is in this part of the story. She knows exactly what will get her answers and makes sure she gets them.‘ Being a mother i can really associate with Louisa, if anything happened to my daughter i wouldn't stop trying to find our until my last dying death i like how the author knew how a mother would be with the lose of a child. I really enjoy how caught up in all the technical advances there are in this story, I always love to read stories by authors who can make me loose myself into its pages to the point. Highly recommend!

About the author

Mark J Maxwell is a writer living in Dublin, Ireland. 

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