Vigilance

Name: Vigilance
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
ISBN: 9781980033554

Author: Robert Jackson Bennett

Narrator: Mark Boyett

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/29/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Robert Jackson Bennett's Vigilance is a dark science fiction action parable from an America that has permanently surrendered to gun violence. The United States. 2030. John McDean executive produces "Vigilance," a reality game show designed to make sure American citizens stay alert to foreign and domestic threats. Shooters are introduced into a "game environment," and the survivors get a cash prize. The TV audience is not the only one that's watching though, and McDean soon finds out what it's like to be on the other side of the camera.

About Robert Jackson Bennett

Robert Jackson Bennett is the author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy, which was a 2018 Hugo Awards finalist in the Best Series category. The first book in the series, City of Stairs, was also a finalist for the World Fantasy and Locus Awards, and the second, City of Blades, was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards. His previous novels, which include American Elsewhere and Mr. Shivers, have received the Edgar Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Philip K. Dick Citation of Excellence. He lives in Austin with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik

ARC provided by the publisher—Tor.com—in exchange for an honest review. A powerful and terrifyingly necessary novella; I sincerely hope that it’s not prophetic. Gun violence and mass shooting, we’ve all heard about it; it has happened way too many times for the past couple of years. I’m not American,......more

Goodreads review by karen

fulfilling my 2021 goal to read one book each month by an author i have never read despite owning more than one of their books. well, that was one dark motherfucker of a book. review to come, if i can find the words.......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

OMG what a glorious, gloriously messed-up SF. :) Bennett pulls off a great hat trick that follows some of the greatest SF stories ever written. He drills down on a single issue: Guns. So... done, and perhaps overdone for years, right? Yes, of course! Because the problem is WORSE now than ever! Look a......more

Goodreads review by Aqsa

3.5 Stars Read for SpecFic Buddy Reads- Febrauary BR. My heart is still pounding! Why can’t we find a way to get everyone to be vigilant, and get great ratings? And thus, the game was born. I was confused in the first 3 chapters as I tried to understand what Vigilance was and what was happening and where......more