The Ones Who Look
by Katharine Duckett
What is it about:
Ethical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-built afterlives through full-brain uploads, they answered the needs of a society pushed to the brink by climate change and cascading antibiotic failure. But for Zoe, who works daily to assess the sins of users and decide who's worthy of salvation, heaven is not so simple. Despite the urging of the angels on her shoulder, she is determined to uncover heaven's secrets, no matter the cost.
What did I think of it:
Another novelette.
In a future where everyone can get their own custom made heaven, Zoe is one of the people to count the points to see if you deserve that heaven. With a loved one already in heaven she is eager to know what it's like. When she starts dating one of the people who makes these heavens she tries to find out more about heaven just as he tries to find out more about the scoring.
I was intrigued from the start and eager to find out where the story would lead. There's some clear foreshadowing and metaphors in the story, but not in an annoying way. I very much enjoyed this story and might look into what else Duckett has written.
Why should you read it:
It's a intriguing near future read.
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