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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780979805608
ISBN number: 0979805600
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 268
Printing Date: July 07, 2007
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You can't take it with you... but what if you could? Most people believe their souls outlive their bodies. Most people would find an organization that tracks their souls into the future and passes on their banked money and memories compelling. Scott Waverly isn't like most people. He spends his days finding and fixing computer security holes. And Scott is skeptical of his new client's claim that they have been calculating and tracking soul identities for almost twenty-six hundred years. Are they running a freaky cult? Or a sophisticated con job? Scott needs to save Soul Identity from an insider attack. Along the way, he discovers the importance of the bridges connecting people's lives.
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Dennis Batchelder's masterpiece, Soul Identity, has all the trappings of a great mystery-thriller. When I sat in my easy chair to begin reading it, the novel took off quickly and I was immediately drawn into the story line. On the surface Soul Identity follows the tried and true format of a who-dun-it expose, and it reeled me into the intricate plot, page by page. But to me the book's deeper issues caused me to stop periodically and think about the generation to generation passage of one's knowledge, advancement and soul. Could it be possible? Sure Soul Identity entertained me trying to predict and solve the riddles of the plot like a good mystery should, but this book had me thinking about my generations past and future - is the book's premise possible? A great read, and a cerebral challenge.
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Dennis Batchelder's "Soul Identity" is a fantastic read that grabs the reader's attention right from the start. The style is very similar to the Da Vinci Code, with the author's incredible attention to detail and knowledge of a vast array of places around the world. We live in an age where computers and technology are evolving at a high rate of speed, and in a world laced with conspiracy theories. Dennis Batchelder has weaved a story incorporating those fascinating elements and much more. I highly enjoyed "Soul Identity" and look forward to the next!
J.R. Reardon, author of "Confidential Communications"
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This is a truly enjoyable book, and I congratulate the author for making the highly unlikely scenerio plausable long enough to make this book float like a dream. I'll admit I was skeptical about his chances of making the premise of a company who can track souls across generations believable, but he deftly carries the reader through the idea with a certain intelligence while not beating the subject to death. The pacing is well set. And the plot of a security consultant trying to save a company that is being sabotaged from within is well handled with fine characterization and dialogue. The writing is a beautiful blend of intelligence with a casual atmosphere and even an occasional touch of humour that keeps the book engaging from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book...and I predict that if you don't give it a read in this life, you just might pay somehow in your subsequent life.
(only kidding, but check out this book anyway)
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Security systems consultant, Scott Waverly, has been offered a new assignment. The thing is, he's not sure he wants to work with a bunch of nuts who belong to a twenty-six-hundred-year-old secret society that tracks souls from generation to generation. He doesn't believe that souls move from body or that they can be located and identified through eye scans years--even centuries--later. When executive overseer Archibald Morgan invites him to examine the science, however, Scott has to admit he's intrigued with the concept. Besides, the pay's good and Soul Identity's head programmer is drop-dead gorgeous. Also, it's apparent that someone's trying to destroy Soul Identity. But who, and why?
At first, the science was a little hard to grasp, but then science isn't my strong suit. But author Dennis Batchelder explains the concept a couple of different ways in the book so that it became clearer. Once I suspended my disbelief about Soul Identity's purpose and just went along for the ride, I had a great time with this novel. The characters are likeable, the pace moved well, and the suspense in the last sixty pages kept me up well past my bedtime. An unusual and enjoyable read.
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As the old saying goes, "The Eyes are the window to the Soul". In Dennis Batchelder's Soul Identity, this is more than a figure of speech. Rather, it is the premise behind a twenty-six hundred year old organization tasked with finding, recording, and managing their clients' soul lines. Similar to a finger print, a persons eyes, specifically their iris patterns is unique - at least while they are alive. At some future point after their death, their iris pattern may repeat in a new body. It is this unique pattern that identifies that this new body carries the same soul line as the previous body.
But in the present day, the organization - aptly named "Soul Identity" - is finding it harder and harder to match soul lines - especially the company overseer souls - even though technology has made it easier to capture, read, catalogue and compare iris patterns. Could it be this same technology is actually preventing this company from its mission? Is someone using this technology against them?
In comes Scott Waverly, a security and technology expert hired to find the answers and save "Soul Identity" and its millions of soul lines from disappearing forever. Though skeptical of the company's claims, Waverly quickly finds himself in the middle of a philosophical, technological, and life threatening affair which has him jet setting around the world to save the company as well as his life.
In his debut novel, Dennis Batchelder has created a fast paced barnstormer similar to the likes of Lincoln Child in novels such as Death Match and Utopia. Though taking on the questions of immortality through the possible reincarnation of souls, Batchelder, similar to his fictional "Soul Identity" overseer Archibald Morgan, does not delve too deeply into the philosophical and spiritual implications of this "technology". Rather, the novel relies on the wonderfully written dialogue and suspenseful situations the protagonists must overcome to solve the mystery behind who is trying to destroy "Soul Identity" and why.
This novel is a very engaging read and I would encourage anyone who enjoys novels such as those written by Lincoln Child, to consider purchasing Soul Identity - you are sure to enjoy it. The book ends with a few teaser preview chapters from the sequel which looks equally good if not better. I, for one, am anxiously awaiting the release of Batchelder's subsequent book.
Todd A Fonseca, author of The Time Cavern
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