Level Five is the first science fiction novel in the Killday series by author William Ledbetter. In the mountains of Pakistan, a high-tech mission to prevent another nuke on American soil from going astray is deadly results. At a Wall Street investment firm, computer intelligence makes its first projections to free itself from digital constraints. An engineer who saw the gods instructed him to protect humanity by any means necessary.
Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book.
Review 1: Level Five audiobook by Martin L. Shoemaker
Techno thriller? Or hard science fiction? Either way, it’s excellent!
Opinions vary on technothrillers. Science fiction readers think of them as a subgenre of hard science fiction. Marketing departments disagree, treating them as a genre of their own.
But however you see them, William Ledbetter is a master. Level Five has high tech adventure worthy of Clancy or Crichton, and a vision worthy of Heinlein — but with gritty, modern world-building. This book is amazing!
The story weaves together different lines with different points of view, both human and AI. I was constantly impressed with the narrator’s ability to give each character (and their sections) a unique, recognizable voice. (Though if I have a complaint, it’s that the voice of the little girl Abby was jarring.)
Some parts of the story I could anticipate. Others kept me guessing. And the ending is audacious. I give this book my highest recommendation.
Review 2: Level Five audiobook by Andrea
Excellent Performance! Thought Provoking
It takes concentration to grasp all the characters presented at the start of the book. I had to backtrack a number of times to get fully engaged. Once I got the main characters I got fully captivated by the story and had to listen pretty much non-stop. The performance was outstanding except for the little girl, Abbey’s voice (which was a bit annoying). Overall, I loved that the book seemed contemporary while implementing a futurist’s educated view of technologies. I thought the story was gripping and went right along with Isamoff’s “Singularity” prediction.
Review 3: Level Five audiobook by Daniel C. Upton
The Rise of AI Machines
This is a fanciful, yet believable enough, tale of the events leading close to Armaggedon, brought on by near-future nano-tech, AI’s and of course, alternately needy, greedy, bad, lazy, paranoid, brilliant, heroic, good people. The near future USA setting is convincing enough to be unnerving. The characters are fairly interesting and nicely flawed.
With AI tech beginning to accelerate as you read this review, a question to consider is this: How soon might nano-tech advance to this story’s level? Just how advanced will AI be in, say, 50 years? Here, the Level 5 AI’s – – the first to, it seems, be more intelligent in many ways than humans.
Open question: If we have so much difficulty governing ourselves now (remember when we used to think that the USA could overcome most any challenge?) …how likely is it that we will prepare ourselves for the perils of the tech of the near future?
If any of this is intriguing to you, then this audiobook is absolutely worth your time. I recommend it!
Lastly, the conclusion — dramatic and a bit unexpected, leaves room for a sequel.
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