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I
love sci-fi and really got into this novel about a third of the way
in. I would have liked a little more information and description
setting the stage at the beginning. Once I got into the story line,
however, the plot did grab me and kept my interest.
Hunter
is a clone. She and scores like her have been developed to do the
will of the Church. But it seems Hunter might be defective. She has a
bit of a will of her own and comes to doubt the wisdom of the
leadership. There was not a great deal of character development with
Echo, but as a clone, I am not sure how much she could change anyway.
The
book has many good aspects of a dystopian novel. There is a desert
wasteland outside of the city walls. There is the Church and there
are priests but it is not a religious organization as much as just a
governing body. The priests try to find information from writings to
help them understand surviving machines. There is a restless
community from which the Church obtains young women to carry the
clones to birth. There may even be a rebellion brewing.
This
novel is just the first half of the story. It is a bit depressing and
ends on a less than positive note. But there is a future for Echo
Hunter 367 and I am ready for the sequel.
You
can read the first chapter here.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
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Harper
Voyager Impulse, 400 pages.
I
received a complimentary digital copy of this book through Provident
Book Promotions. My comments are an independent and honest review.
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