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Young Adult Indie
247
Exciting Read
Overall rating
4.7
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From the author: As a full-grown adult, I love reading young adult fiction; I especially enjoy dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels. So it only made sense that when I finally decided to start writing down the stories that are always running through my head I would start by writing with the YA dystopian genre in mind. Don't feel like you have to ignore the book if you're a little older than the typical YA age range, though. I've heard from readers ranging in age from 14 - 60+ that they are already hooked on the book and can't wait to see what happens next. There's action, excitement, politics, drama... and just a touch of (clean) romance. Enjoy!
Good Points
Okay, full disclosure here, I wrote the book. (No wonder I gave it five stars!) But completely honestly, I think it's a lot of fun and I think you should give it a try! There’s action, excitement, politics, drama… and just a touch of (clean) romance. Enjoy!
“Into Shadow” takes a look at what the world could be like in another 200 years or so. There are high points (incredible advances in technology)… and low points (cities in ruins after years of world wars and climate change). In the middle of that we drop Poppy Walker and watch as she deals with both the highs and the lows.
It’s 2259 and the entire planet has been changed by the melting of the polar ice sheets. As the land was overrun by water, some countries were running out of room for their populace. The need for more land eventually led to the 3rd World War – a global conflict that lasted for thirty years and drastically changed the political landscape along with the physical environment. Many countries banded together for protection and power, including the former countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America, which are now collectively known as the North American Alliance.
The North American Alliance is led by President Walker: a war hero, a widower, and a father. With no wife to act as First Lady, his twelve-year-old daughter Poppy takes on the job and helps her father restore order to the chaotic new world they live in.
As we join the story, Poppy is now nineteen. Without warning, she finds herself caught in the middle of a government takeover and dodging assassins. She is forced to go on the run without her father and is completely on her own for the first time. To survive, she must call on all the skills she had learned from her safety-conscious, military-minded father.
Running from robotic soldiers (mechs) who are trying to capture her in the streets, Poppy finds an ally who helps her make her way to the war-torn ruins of Denver. Due to several military installations in the area, the city was bombed extensively during the war and largely reduced to rubble. The destruction was so complete that the area, like many cities attacked during the war, was deemed uninhabitable and the evacuated citizens never returned. But what few people know is that the neglected cities are not empty after all. Poppy will have to learn to survive the terrifying beasts, deadly plant life, and fierce rebels who now live in the shadows of the abandoned city.
“Into Shadow” takes a look at what the world could be like in another 200 years or so. There are high points (incredible advances in technology)… and low points (cities in ruins after years of world wars and climate change). In the middle of that we drop Poppy Walker and watch as she deals with both the highs and the lows.
It’s 2259 and the entire planet has been changed by the melting of the polar ice sheets. As the land was overrun by water, some countries were running out of room for their populace. The need for more land eventually led to the 3rd World War – a global conflict that lasted for thirty years and drastically changed the political landscape along with the physical environment. Many countries banded together for protection and power, including the former countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America, which are now collectively known as the North American Alliance.
The North American Alliance is led by President Walker: a war hero, a widower, and a father. With no wife to act as First Lady, his twelve-year-old daughter Poppy takes on the job and helps her father restore order to the chaotic new world they live in.
As we join the story, Poppy is now nineteen. Without warning, she finds herself caught in the middle of a government takeover and dodging assassins. She is forced to go on the run without her father and is completely on her own for the first time. To survive, she must call on all the skills she had learned from her safety-conscious, military-minded father.
Running from robotic soldiers (mechs) who are trying to capture her in the streets, Poppy finds an ally who helps her make her way to the war-torn ruins of Denver. Due to several military installations in the area, the city was bombed extensively during the war and largely reduced to rubble. The destruction was so complete that the area, like many cities attacked during the war, was deemed uninhabitable and the evacuated citizens never returned. But what few people know is that the neglected cities are not empty after all. Poppy will have to learn to survive the terrifying beasts, deadly plant life, and fierce rebels who now live in the shadows of the abandoned city.
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