Phaethon, by Rachel Sharp (Pandamoon)
When a new tech
company releases a smartphone that’s light-years beyond previous models,
customers line up to be the first to own it. Jack and Rose, hackers par excellence, join the throng with the
purpose of cracking the tech, stealing the code, and making it all available
online in a sort of underground people’s tech empowerment. The Phaethon phone does
things no device has ever been capable of. Not only does it make and receive
phone calls, take photos, search the internet on voice command, but it
interacts creatively with its owner – and it flies. The puzzle deepens as Jack
digs into the primitive, outdated code and Rose opens the case to find junk
parts that shouldn’t be able to do anything, let alone do the incredible things
it can. What gives? As they delve deeper into the mystery, they stumble upon
Phaethon’s incredible secret; the phone is powered remotely by a tiny magical
creature. Soon they’re drawn into a world of mythical beings, friend and foe
alike, and must take sides in a war not only for the control of fae but the
future of the human race.
I loved it. I loved
Jack and Rosie, both as quirky nerdish individuals and as a long-established loving
couple. I loved their friends. I loved the way the mystery unfolded, step by page-turning
step. It’s intelligent, compassionate, and just plain fun.
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