ECHOPRAXIA

This long-awaited sci-fi follows Watts's Hugo-nominated BLINDSIGHT. The plot is complex, yet narrator Adam J. Rough is able to maintain a moderately steady and meticulous narration. He's highly skilled at differentiating characters with vocal nuances. There's no confusion, for example, between Valerie the engineered vampire and the garrulous Sengupta. Most enjoyable is the agitated biologist Daniel Brüks, who is thrown into the middle of a species war that leads him on a journey he didn't ask for. Rough captures his frustration to a tee. As narrator, he's constantly moving with the text, playing with language that shapes this volatile world of androids, aliens, zombies, and posthumans. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2015]