Plot Synopsis:

In the new world led by the Rebooters, former Proxy Syd is the figurehead of the Revolution, beloved by some and hated by others. Liam, a seventeen-year-old Rebooter, is Syd’s bodyguard and must protect him with his life. But armed Machinists aren't the only danger.

 People are falling ill—their veins show through their skin, they find it hard to speak, and sores erupt all over their bodies. Guardians, the violent enforcers of the old system, are hit first, and the government does nothing to help. The old elites fall next, and in the face of an indifferent government, Syd decides it's up to him to find a cure . . . and what he discovers leaves him stunned.


I read this back-to-back with Proxy because I wanted to read them before Alex London's book signing at the end of this month. Details can be found Here.

Like Proxy, this book's "romantic" scenes were not cliche and rare, but heart-tugging nevertheless!!

The series was action-packed, somewhat romantic, and very technological while maintaining interest for the readers. This really is a contemporary masterpiece!

If you've read the bonus story that came with Proxy, the one entitled "Punishment: A Proxy story", then you would probably know Liam.

Liam's this new character, arriving shortly after (SPOILERS, HEAD BACK) the Jubilee was achieved and the Rebooters renamed themselves The Reconciliation.
Not much is known about him, even after the book ended--Apart from him being a killer and having fought with the Rebooters his whole life.
We don't even know how and where he got his cool-ass robotic hand.

Liam's this guy with reddish/orangish short cropped hair who looks like he could intimidate even a Guardian into submission. But despite his rather tough looking exterior, he's actually a somewhat softie and kind guy with puppy-dog eyes that could melt an iceberg! XD

Syd stood in front of knox "What am I supposed to do?"

"Like I know?" Knox told him "it's your future, choose"

A new problem has arisen.

The Ex-Guardians after the (SPOILERS, HEAD BACK) destruction/collapse of The System have turned into these mindless, Silent Hill-esque creatures who apperantly carry a infectious virus that makes your blood turn black and makes your blood itch. To scratch it is hell, not to is pure agony.
It'll never leave you.

Omg, DAT ENDING. DAT ENDING!! I couldn't say I expected it to play out the way it did, well, maybe because I probably imagined it like: . . . And then Syd saved everyone and lived happily ever after. lol.
The ending offers us a sense of closure while still reeling us in for more! It was ended in picturesque paragraph that you could interpret in many different ways, which adds another thrill to reading the last page.

“Again, Syd had that feeling, the past as an echo, repeating itself as it faded. The poor had longed for Jubilee to save them from the powerful, and now the one-time patrons longed for the Machine to do the same. Every revolution believes it can return something that had been lost, but nothing is ever the same. The only thing that endures are people. Syd saw that clearly now, and perhaps so too did Marie. You could serve a revolution, an idea that ended up an echo if itself, or you could serve people, with their maddening contradictions. You couldn't serve both. You had to choose."