Review of Project Tau

[Brittany Sadler]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Project Tau" by Jude Austin.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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All Kalin Taylor wanted was to fit in. He is described as an out of shape book worm in a family of athletes. He saw an opportunity to be the “cool guy”, and potentially join the fraternity at his prestigious University. The opportunity goes wrong and Kalin’s world is turned upside down and his life as he knows it is destroyed by a corrupt scientific company known as Gen Tech. The head of Gen Tech illegally uses his connections to force Kalin to become the next Gen Tech science project. The company then experiments on him in ways that had never been done on humans before. Luckily for Kalen he is smart, and head strong. Using his wit and with extraordinarily little help, it is up to Kalin to try to survive the experiments, and escape from Gen Tech.

Project Tau by Jude Austin was a very well written book that explored multiple themes of humanity, psychology, and ethics in the scientific community. I found myself constantly analyzing the scientists that worked for Gen Tech. They had no qualms about the experiments they performed on Kalin or others. Most of the doctors believed themselves to be perfectly moral individuals They believed they were doing nothing wrong, because it was in the name of science and because that is what humanity had decided was acceptable. I believe Jude did a fantastic job at depicting how even a moral person will do immoral acts in the name of science or conformity.

I found myself excitedly reading this book as quickly as I could to find out what was going to happen next. However, I was irritated with the lack of a storyline for anyone but the main character. The story heavily centered around Kalin. As the reader I felt there were several potential avenues for him to build deeper relationships with other individuals in the story. For whatever reason, the author chose to stay away from that and kept relationship dynamics at a surface level.

I personally find myself more invested in a storyline with more dynamic relationships. In spite of that, I rate this book a 4 out of 4 stars. Jude Austin’s ability to make the reader think critically about human nature over shadowed any fault I could find with the book.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fictional stories. Being a science fiction fan is not a requirement, as that portion of the story was not highly noticeable.

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