Second Act: A Novel of Hollywood and Silicon Valley
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Second Act: A Novel of Hollywood and Silicon Valley
Sale price
$17.99
Regular price $21.99
For lovers of The Time Traveler's Wife, Her, and The Age of Adeline, Second Act reincarnates beloved film star Audrey Hepburn through modern technology. If you fell for Audrey in Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and other films, take a quantum leap with her again in Second Act.
Bradley Joseph is a Silicon Valley developer trying to overcome his fears of crowd and human touch that confine him to his home. He launches his latest technology to pair deceased celebrities with live ones in new movies. A bold woman on a dating app named Nicole conscripts him to watch Roman Holiday with her remotely and Bradley is hooked on Audrey. Bradley's first problem is that Nicole is a technology journalist but agrees to not reveal his inventions. Nicole then convinces him to reincarnate Audrey Hepburn.
Bradley produces a faithful stand-in of Audrey and adapts his technology to travel to 1953 San Francisco to meet and then romance her. Bradley then casts himself with her movie characters and even questions her former beaus. He loses himself in the affair, orchestrating Audrey to cure his phobias and dormant love life.
As technology expands with their relationship, Audrey asks if she can direct the action. Both Nicole and Bradley's colleague Ara disappear, perhaps with key secrets. Audrey transports Bradley to the hard truths of her life and he becomes her vehicle to revive her leading legacy as a humanitarian. The unscripted advances force Bradley to choose whether to axe his love to save the world from proliferating technology or ride their unique relationship to an award-winning climax.
Second Act is a unique, captivating journey across the time/space continuum, rendered believable by the author's skill in portraying characters and settings. The reader becomes so engrossed in the story and the relationships that the technology vehicle becomes a bit player in a grand saga. Not only does the world's most beloved actress return to a present-day life through technology, but her presence, personality, voice, and—yes, her emotions—pop off the page. Add a solid backstory and imaginative plot twists and you have an unputdownable read!
Bradley Joseph is a Silicon Valley developer trying to overcome his fears of crowd and human touch that confine him to his home. He launches his latest technology to pair deceased celebrities with live ones in new movies. A bold woman on a dating app named Nicole conscripts him to watch Roman Holiday with her remotely and Bradley is hooked on Audrey. Bradley's first problem is that Nicole is a technology journalist but agrees to not reveal his inventions. Nicole then convinces him to reincarnate Audrey Hepburn.
Bradley produces a faithful stand-in of Audrey and adapts his technology to travel to 1953 San Francisco to meet and then romance her. Bradley then casts himself with her movie characters and even questions her former beaus. He loses himself in the affair, orchestrating Audrey to cure his phobias and dormant love life.
As technology expands with their relationship, Audrey asks if she can direct the action. Both Nicole and Bradley's colleague Ara disappear, perhaps with key secrets. Audrey transports Bradley to the hard truths of her life and he becomes her vehicle to revive her leading legacy as a humanitarian. The unscripted advances force Bradley to choose whether to axe his love to save the world from proliferating technology or ride their unique relationship to an award-winning climax.
Second Act is a unique, captivating journey across the time/space continuum, rendered believable by the author's skill in portraying characters and settings. The reader becomes so engrossed in the story and the relationships that the technology vehicle becomes a bit player in a grand saga. Not only does the world's most beloved actress return to a present-day life through technology, but her presence, personality, voice, and—yes, her emotions—pop off the page. Add a solid backstory and imaginative plot twists and you have an unputdownable read!