The story is very well written. The best books have subplots while still signaling to the reader the main plot is still progressing. Taylor does an excellent job of keeping the reader interested while the primary, time-constrained plot, matures.
The story itself is fairly basic. I believe most people will be able to predict clearly the series of events about to take place. One of the charming things about this book is the age of the characters. They are mostly grad and doctoral student which makes them a bit older and able to cope with more stressful situations.
Taylor portrays the age of the characters well. They invent a possible world-changing technology and the best idea they can come up with using it is a get rich quick scheme. The pitfalls of their ideas any adult can see a mile away. At the same time, the story is clever and surprising and seems to border YA.
The other fun part of this story is there are a ton of great references to different movies and tv shows including StarTrek, StarGate, and Sliders.
The whole experience of this Audiobook surprised me. Not only was the story great but the narration and pace was able to keep my interest over 10.5 hours.
My rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5 stars) - I loved it!
