Review: Memories with Maya

“Memories with Maya” by Clyde Dsouza is a technology thriller, with some romance and erotica, that will take you on an intense journey along with Daniel, Krish and Maya as take virtual reality to new heights. Just as I was, you will find yourself totally absorbed in the adrenaline rush of developing cutting edge technology, the secret romance that is fed by the closeness that this augmented reality technology provides and the tragedy when human greed becomes involved. You will find hope in that sometimes even out of our tragedies we can find inspiration to continue what we started in a new and wonderful direction.

The main character in the book is Daniel who dreams about creating an augmented reality universe. He manages to take his dream as far as he can with his limited resources. The next step is to contact an old friend that has resources and the talent to bring his dream to fruition. Together they are able to create augmented reality googles they call “Wizer”.

The book is about so much more then just creating a new augmented reality technology or keeping a relationship alive in the face of a tragedy that looks like the end. Just as with many great books “Memories with Maya” goes beyond telling just the main story with its many sub-plots and has a message interwoven throughout the story. A good example of one of these sub-plots and one of my favorite parts is Daniels work at the night club where he mixes his love technology with his love of music. The message that technology can be used in many areas but it can be a double edge sword when humans get involved and use it for unintended applications.

Mr. Dsouza does a great job on so many areas: He shows us the way the creative process is born from the recesses of the creative mind, refined through interactions and brought into the real world through the hands of people that are skilled at their craft. You can relate to the dialog between the characters as the way that you might talk to your network of friends and business partners. The characters are well developed and believable as people that we might meet in our everyday lives.

“Memories with Maya” comes in both paperback and e-book. The version I read was in e-book format on a kindle. The pages fit well for good readability with good separation between the paragraphs to show when there was a transition. The one drawback was the lack of page numbers which is not all that bad.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone that loves having the latest gadgets, enjoys romances that beyond the confines of human bounds and the enjoy of a well written book. If you match any of these then this is one book that will provide you with hours of enjoyment. Because of some of the content I would recommend this book for a more mature audience.