She doesn’t go on crusades, but if people show up at her door needing to be rescued, she won’t slam it in their face.
Kim has anger issues, says what she thinks, and has no desire to fit in or get along. She’s not fair, and she doesn’t want to be nice. At the opening of the story, Kim’s been on the run and almost completely alone for five years because of that.Īnd, personality-wise, she’s not conventionally likable. In her earlier life, Kim was a cyber-thief who thought nothing of destroying people in the pursuit of a self-defined “greater good.” She lost her idealism when those decisions came back to haunt her. Wikipedia says, “An antihero or antiheroine is a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.” By that definition, Kim isn’t an extreme form of antihero, because at the opening of the story she does have a moral compass and can be courageous when she has to be. SCOTT: I went and looked up the definition first, just to be sure I didn’t blow it by getting the basics wrong. Scott Johnson is the author of Gemini Gambit, a novel about a woman who’s in hiding after she “accidentally-but-sort-of-on-purpose flash-freezes the son of a drug kingpin”.īELINDA: Tell us about Kimberly and what makes her an antiheroine. We'll see if the rest do by the end of the series.D. Maybe it was just me, but I thought the AIs seemed more human than many of the human characters. I did see some historic parallels in the treatment of the AI's. At least I hope Scott brings Spencer back in the second book.and Tonya. If anyone can resolve it, I think Mike can.or perhaps Mike and Spencer. I am hoping to find out what is behind Kim's disability.I have an idea, but I can't imagine how it came about, so I'm looking forward to Scott's explanation. I will be very interested in seeing where the author takes us with the continuation of the story.
I hope there will be Angel Rage's out there to protect us from the worst predators. If this is the future of the internet, and I think it is very possible, it is kind of scary.
However, this didn't detract from my being able to follow the story or understand what was happening. I didn't have any trouble following the threads, but there were a few things I didn't understand. I did find myself mentally yelling at them a time or two. I wanted to go on the journey with them, and I wanted them to succeed. But I have to admit that I loved Mike even more. I didn't understand some of the computer jargon.Maybe because it was futuristic.
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