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A Calculated Life

By: Anne Charnock
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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Big business is booming and state institutions are thriving thanks to advances in genetic engineering, which have produced a compliant population free from addictions. Violent crime is now a rarity. Mayhew McCline, a major corporation that analyzes global trends, has hired a genius: Jayna.

A brilliant mathematical modeler, she has the ability to produce accurate predictions that are both good for the world and good for the bottom line. Her latest coup: finding a link between northeasterly winds and violent crime. When a string of events contradicts her forecasts - including a multiple homicide on the wrong day - Jayna suspects she needs more data and better intuition. She needs to understand what it means to be "normal," so she disrupts her strict daily routine and, unknowingly, sets herself on a path that leads to new encounters, new experiences, and - perhaps most dangerous - new emotions.

©2013 Anne Charnock (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Fiction Thriller
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Interesting but limited story

Interesting but limited story, well defined characters but felt not enough was done with them but very satisfying ending. Unlike the other reviews I had no issues with the narration.

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Interesting story let down by narrator

I don't like giving negative reviews yet here I have little choice. The story is interesting, the writing is very good, but the narration by Susan Duerden is awful. She reads in a very unemotional monotone and it is easy to become lost. She is good at the dialogue, breathing life to the characters, though for the prose she is just awful. I can't say much about the story as it just did not register! I think I'll have to read it to find out!

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Terrible narration!

Susan Duerdens voice completely ruined this book for me- she does not read properly, it's as though she is reading deliberately slowly or in a sing song manner. Grated on my nerves and did not get beyon

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