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."

Title: Proxy
Author: Alex London                         
Publication Date: June 18 2013
Publisher: Speak
Format: Trade Paperback
Price: ₱419 (Philippines) - $8.99 (Amazon)




Plot Synopsis:

Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death.

Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own.

Then again, neither is Knox’s. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox’s father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid..


Proxy is the first book of Alex London's Proxy series, with Guardian as it's second installment. Alex London's upcoming book signing details can be found here.

I was initially uninterested in reading this even though Alex London's book signing's gonna happen this August 30th but when I read the first chapter, I knew I was hooked! This is one of the first novels I have read that I couldn't put down since Four! The concept was very awesome and interesting and I instantly knew that there was no way I was going to put this down once I read it in full!

Here was my first impression of the book:



Seriously, Biotech shiz-whiz fed into your bloodstream to remove diseases, Syntholene drugs, and EpiCure pills! Finally, pills that give you all the necessary nutrients and leaves you fit and healthy without even chewing!
I initially got intimidated by the amount of technology and terms in the first few pages alone, but I devoured the chapters (Which is beginning to sound more and more cliché)  after the first one like they were spaghetti!
This is a really futuristic and dystopian book. I mean, the Patrons (Which I'll explain later) have zoos filled with "extinct" animals like penguins and polars bears. (Relatively speaking) And everyone has actual, computer-like data infused into their bloodstreams!

I'm pretty intrigues by their concept of "Free market", which is basically this;
The rich guys called "Patrons" who can afford it can have this kind of exchange program with a lower city kid called a "Proxy", the Patron pays for the Proxy's debts like his/her 18-year debt for going to school and such, and in return, if the Patron commits a crime like felony, his/her Proxy must endure the punishment in his/her place. A free market.

Like when Knox Brindle gets into a car accident and kills someone and his Proxy, Sydney Carton, must take his place for sixteen years of extremely hard labor--when he's almost out of his eighteen-year debt from school. From being free of debt and of being free.

“A life for a life. All debts have to be repaid.”

“I believe you, Knox . . . And I don't care...Got it? I believe you're sorry. I. Don't. Care. I don't want your sorry. Live with your guilt. It's the one debt you owe me and I don't ever, ever want it repaid.”