TAYLeR – Dystopian Series

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SOCIAL MEDIA CENTRAL

In an age where everyone lives their lives through a screen, no one has more celebrity status than fashion blogger extraordinaire, Madeline Q. And in a chance meeting, loner geek, Tayler, is introduced to her world of parties, fan worship and seduction.

But as his own star rises, Madeline Q is arrested for murder. There’s just one problem – there is no corpse. Tayler soon learns that fiction blurs with reality on Social Media Central.

REVIEWS:

Thanks to Austin P. Sheehan for his review.

Social Media Central is full of murder, mystery, romance and a clever critique of our society’s over-dependence on social media.

Thanks to Shelly Russell Nolan for her 4 STAR review

…this was the story of a lost generation seeking to find their way…

Thanks to author, Harry F. Rey, for his 5 STAR review

Drawing on Orwell and the current, concerning state of social media in our modern life, he delivers a fast-aced, rip-roaring read you can’t put down.

Thanks to ‘mousewife‘ for a wonderful Amazon Review

This evokes some of the classics by Bradbury, Orwell, and Huxley, which involved terrible totalitarian regimes, futures where thought is regulated, controlled, or discouraged. This particular story uses a more subtle, layered method to introduce the menace and peril of its society, a society which the modern reader can relate to only too keenly.

Thanks to Elizabeth Hamill for her review

As people focus more on their screens than the world around them, society is dying, and this book has a sobering realistic view of what might be coming.

Thanks to Kirsty at Joyfully Jay Reviews for her thoughts

Klehr’s imaginary world, run by Social Media Central, is so close to the lives we currently live that it is thought provoking and the power that the online world has in his novel is frightening and eye-opening, making the reading experience not just an escape, but a lesson for us all.

Thanks to Joc for the 4 STAR review

Social Media Central is an interesting and thought-provoking read because along with its Orwellian undertones there is quite a powerful social commentary running through it.

Thanks to Louise Fry for her 4 STAR review

…different, unique and very good read.

Thanks to Charlene for her 4 STAR review

I have a fondness for books that are clearly fiction but are plausible visions of our future. This is one such book.

Thanks to Amos Lassen for his lovely review
I am sad that the plot is plausible but I enjoyed the bold characters who really have no idea just how without power they are. This is a thought-provoking read even though I found it troubling. I felt that George Orwell was hovering above as I read the powerful social commentary presented here.

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VIRTUAL INSANITY

When Tayler is sent to Beta City to help its citizens disconnect from the all-knowing Social Media Central, he becomes the target of a deadly game.

Augmented reality players wearing head to toe gaming suits believe he is the Enemy Alien, and they shoot to kill. So Tayler is forced to hide in a secret bunker, trapped, with no way to escape this urban nightmare.

And as his friends hatch a plan to get him back home, they find the person toying with Tayler’s life is more AI than human.

REVIEWS:

Thanks to Joseph Sullivan for his review in Aurealis #157

“Virtual Insanity will resonate with readers who enjoy modern takes on science fiction and feel the impact of the social issues it discusses, understanding the weight of isolation that technology designed to connect may cause.”

Thanks to W.A. Stanley for his 5 Star Review

“While “Orwellian” is a grossly overused term to describe narratives about dystopian futures, Klehr’s narrative fits the bill. If George Orwell were writing today, well beyond the year 1984, I imagine he would choose similar subject matter (Twenty Fifty-Seven, perhaps?) about the role social media plays in society.”

Thanks to Rebecca Fung for her Goodreads review

“This is a story…about a personal journey against the backdrop of an interestingly developed dystopian world.”

Thanks to Janet Hunt and her 5 Star Goodreads review

“I loved this dystopian story! Some are a hit or a miss, but this one was fantastic!”

Thanks to the Paranormal Romance Guild for their 4 Star review

“Klehr writes Tayler’s story with an unnerving clarity.”