Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

All That Remains by Al Barrera


All That Remains by Al Barrera

Published by Al Barrera on September 15 2015
Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Pages 353

The old world is dead, and humanity struggles to survive in the shadows of the new one. Kyle, Sara, and Tim are scavengers, hiding in the remains of human civilization from the hungry things that destroyed it. Living on the few items that haven’t rotted in the thirteen years since civilization was wiped out.

But something has shown itself: A terrible creature that betrays an intelligence in the madness of the beings that rule the planet.

When the group finds Kaylee, a little girl who claims to know of a safe haven somewhere in Tennessee, they embark on a desperate journey to find it. Memory and loss, depravity and salvation— their last run will put them face to face with horrors of both man and monsters the likes of which they’ve never seen.


“If they made it back. Always if.”

Covers can make or break books for some people. A lousy cover can mean some readers decide to never look twice, we have all been there. That being said, I have hardly ever picked up a book quite as fast as I did with this novel. The cover alone screams, darkness, fragility and a loss of innocence

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Published by HarperTeen on February 10, 2015
Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Pages 383

This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance - Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.

I was promised prejudice, romance, and science-fiction like abilities in a new and devastating world along with a hell of a plot twist and betrayal.

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