Dopamine, Mikhail Voloshin
Dopamine, Mikhail Voloshin
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Dopamine

Author: Mikhail Voloshin

Narrator: Daniel Casper, John Baker, Daryl Mayfield, Lara Woodhull, Mike Weissert, Morgan Berry

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublishDrive

Published: 01/21/2021


Synopsis

"Have you lost your mind? They’ll kill you. Are you willing to literally bet your life on--"
"On my own technical expertise? Yes. Always."
It was supposed to be just another software job. It wasn't supposed to involve dodging bullets, igniting explosions, out-driving hit men, or bluffing his way through the dens of international crime lords. Danny's big brain has always served him well at a workstation or a soldering bench, but will he be smart enough to survive the engineering challenge of a lifetime?
Danny, a onetime computer whiz-kid now in his late 30s, is still lamenting his latest dot-com failure when tech investor Jason Tuttle offers him a special assignment: hack into Tungsten Medical Technologies and steal their pharmaceutical research.
At first, Danny and his team of semi-competent geeks relish the chance to play-act as cyber-criminals, but they soon discover they aren't the only ones interested in the secretive biotechnology firm. Their ill-timed computer shenanigans interrupt an armed break-in of the laboratory by the Russian mafia, and Danny lands squarely in the crosshairs of a local cocaine kingpin. He soon finds himself hunted by drug dealers and exploited by Machiavellian corporate moguls in a battle over a test tube of genetically engineered bacteria.
With the help of Tina, an amateur microbiologist desperate for professional recognition, Danny must use his technical skills to elude his powerful pursuers - and, with luck, maybe even beat them at their own game.
Dopamine is a present-day cyberpunk novel - and a celebration of the fact that such a thing as "a present-day cyberpunk novel" is even possible. Featuring some of the most accurate and accessible depictions of computer hacking and biotechnology ever to appear in a work of fiction, Dopamine is a wild ride for anyone who marvels at knowing that the real world we live in today was once strictly the realm of far-fetched fantasy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Norma

( Format : Audiobook ) "Paranoia was a virtue. " I was never a gamer and know nothing about hacking, nor , to my knowlsdge, have I met any nasty, drug dealing Russian criminals, but I thoroughly enjoyed this rather crazy novel which actually felt like it contained real, if very odd, characters. And i......more

Goodreads review by Jesse

First of all: "This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review." This is actually more of a 3.5 star read for me. It was explained to me before listening to this audiobook, that it is a work of "hard science fiction" with "technically accurate" hacking and scienc......more

Goodreads review by N.V.

*This book was given to me by the author at my request, and I provided this voluntary, unbiased review.* 4.9/5 This was a wild ride, and I was on the edge of my seat for the whole thing. Right from the start, it is filled with action, is very witty, and is still a great concept storywise. I appreciate......more

Goodreads review by Mike

This is definitely a great read! 100% recommend to anyone interested in reading a novel on computer hacking and biotech! It’s quite interesting the way Mikhail Voloshin depicts technology and truly brings life to the characters and scenes through out the story. 100% would recommend!!!......more