With a wide cast of characters and an exciting pace that mimics the
speed of our modern, all-too-connected lives, All This Life examines
the dangerous intersection of reality and the imaginary, where coding
and technology seek to highlight and augment our already flawed human
connections.
Morning rush hour on the Golden Gate Bridge. Amidst the river of metal
and glass a shocking event occurs, leaving those who witnessed it
desperately looking for answers, most notably one man and his son Jake,
who captured the event and uploaded it to the internet for all the world
to experience. As the media swarms over the story, Jake will face the
ramifications of his actions as he learns the perils of our modern
disconnect between the real world and the world we create on line.
In land-locked Arizona, as the entire country learns of the event, Sara
views Jake's video just before witnessing a horrible event of her own:
her boyfriend's posting of their intimate sex tape. As word of the tape
leaks out, making her an instant pariah, Sara needs to escape the small
town's persecution of her careless action. Along with Rodney, an old
boyfriend injured long ago in a freak accident that destroyed his
parents' marriage, she must run faster than the internet trolls seeking
to punish her for her indiscretions. Sara and Rodney will reunite with
his estranged mother, Kat, now in danger from a new man in her life who
may not be who he--or his online profiles--claim to be, a dangerous
avatar in human form.
Using his trademark talent for creating memorable characters, with a
deep insight into language and how it can be twisted to alter reality,
Joshua Mohr returns with his most contemporary and insightful novel yet.
