Genre: Government & Politics
Paperback: 389 pages

Description: Political novel set in near-term future. Fascinating story of what will happen to us with the coming of something much better than video games virtual reality, allowing us to be someone else.

Synopsis:

'.. a well-crafted book, with a great story of interwoven plot lines that leaves the reader guessing until the end.' Christopher Lord * 'Any Robert Ludlum fan will love this book. I made the mistake of starting it at bedtime, and ended up finally turning out the light at 3AM.' Mary Jane Edwards * EVOKE is set in the near-future, not all that different from today. The news remains natural disasters, wars and accidents. People still go to work in the morning and come home tired at night. But one thing is different. After the long-surpassed miracles of radio, television and the Internet, people now spend their evenings with EVOKE.EVOKE, using advanced medical and computer technology and a computer-chip implanted in the brain, offers the one thing nobody can resist--the full experience of being someone else, at least for a while.Online with EVOKE, dine in Paris and be the French-speaking intellectual. Stop watching sports, as you experience being the winning quarterback, driving the winning car. Have sex with the most attractive partner on the planet and be a desired, great-looking lover. EVOKE brings a dream-perfect world to your fingertips. By lottery, based on your social security number, so rich-man, poor-man doesnt enter the equation.With technology this powerful, government stepped in ahead of the marketplace to control, oversee and make available the process. Big-business wants their share. Washington has its own agenda. The wheels of business and politics are on collision course and Senator Robert Fairweather, chairman of the EVOKE Committee, is in for a lot of sleepless nights.You are in for a fascinating read. This novel is not science fiction. EVOKE will happen, because this technology is already under development. Are we humans ready for its consequences?

Product Details:

· Paperback: 389 pages
· Binding: Perfect
· Publisher: Cafepress (November 2006)
· Product Number: 030-86493934