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This is a book that I picked up purely based on cover and the blurb, having never heard of the author beforehand. It's a sci-fi and it's set in Africa, and I think that is enough to get me to want to try it because that's pretty unusual. I really though that I may enjoy this one, as it's a lot more focused on people than some SF is, but in the end I found it to be a bit too convoluted of a story. I think there's a lot of potential here with the start of the series, but personally I am just not sure that it's really my kind of book. I also have to add that I have been in a bit of a reading slump for the past few weeks so whether this book put me into it or whether I just haven't been fair to it becuase of the slump I am not sure.

This story follows Kaaro, a man who has a special ability where he can read minds. This ability is rare, but he is one of the best at it and so he is recruited by an organisation to work for them. The story flips between various timelines, showing how Kaaro became involved with the other people in his life and with S45 who he is now beholden to. He has quite an interesting backstory, and his modern-day story is rather spy-like and futuristic at times.

There are aliens in his book, and also a lot of future technology such as chips inside your brain and so on. This is nothing new, but I think seeing this in the futuristic version of Africa made the book a lot more exciting.

Overall, as a start to a series it was fine to read and enjoy but I don't think it was as memorable to me as some books are, and I wish I had felt more connected to the characters who I often found kind of dislikable... Maybe it's just personal taste so I gave this a middle of the road 2.5*s in the end.