The Babel Apocalypse, Vyvyan Evans
The Babel Apocalypse, Vyvyan Evans
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The Babel Apocalypse

Author: Vyvyan Evans

Narrator: Will Damron

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/16/2023


Synopsis

"They who control language control everything."A genre-blending, dystopian Sci-Fi mystery-thriller that will make you think about language in a whole new way.Language is no longer learned, but streamed to neural implants regulated by lang-laws. Those who can't afford language streaming services are feral, living on the fringes of society. Big tech corporations control language, the world's most valuable commodity.But when a massive cyberattack causes a global language outage, catastrophe looms.Europol detective Emyr Morgan is assigned to the case. His prime suspect is Professor Ebba Black, the last native speaker of language in the automated world, and leader of the Babel cyberterrorist organization. But Emyr soon learns that in a world of corporate power, where those who control language control everything, all is not as it seems.As he and Ebba collide, Emyr faces an existential dilemma between loyalty and betrayal, when everything he once believed in is called into question. To prevent the imminent collapse of civilization and a global war between the great federations, he must figure out friend from foe-his life depends on it. And with the odds stacked against him, he must find a way to stop the Babel Apocalypse.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

The beginning of a series that is shaping up to be such a great and unique one. The Babel Apocalypse is set in the near future. It is a time when humans no longer learn language. Instead, it's streamed to their brains. When there is an outage, the whole world is thrown into chaos, as many of the pop......more

Goodreads review by Sofia

What an exceptional book! The premise is absolutely unique: in the near future humans no longer learn language, they stream it direct to their brains, courtesy of Universal Grammar technology, pioneered by Marc Barron the CEO of the powerful Appleton big tech behemoth. And most of the industrialized......more

Goodreads review by Jobe

This is a very special book, smart genre-blending sci-fi, mystery and thriller all rolled into one. In the 22nd century language is no longer learned. It's streamed to neural implants and controlled by the shadowy Unilanguage and big tech corporations. When a massive language outage strikes, the worl......more

I LOVED this book overall. I don't really read too many sci-fi books that I like, let alone love and this was an amazing book. The writing was well written and very engaging as a reader. I loved the character of Emyr as the MC. He is such an interesting character, always on his own and alone. I also......more