The world is in the midst of a technological boom, hurtling towards a future with total automation. What would have been considered science fiction fifty years ago is now everyday life, and this is what Delahaye explores in her young adult fiction novel ‘Electric Life’.
Alara is a teenager in the perfect world, Estrella, where entertainment is only a click away and a ‘Sensii’ is a birth right. These are implants which allow residents of Estrella to experience gaming on a wholly new level, causing the wearer to feel sensations such as wind or pain, and Alara is a gaming pro! Competing for a title that would grant her a level of status that is literally floors above her own, the Questa tournament is well underway, only what happens when Alara catches the attention of high-ranking eyes? In Estrella, being different is dangerous, and it’s Alara’s illegal boredom that sets her apart from the rest. Now, she must face a quest surpassing those in her games, topped with a rocking hairstyle and the danger of what lurks in the uninhabitable Void.
