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Deadwave by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Michael Evans is not a new author to me because I’ve already read and reviewed his young adult dystopian novel about an authoritarian government Control Freakz. Thanks to Control Freakz, I didn’t hesitate to grab the first book Deadwave from his new Conspiracy Chronicles Series when it was available for pre-order on Amazon, though I still have to read the remaining books from the Control Freakz Series.

I don’t hide that I prefer a standalone novel over the series, but if other books in the Conspiracy Chronicles Series are as Deadwave, I’m all in for it! The core of the Deadwave story might be a virtual reality game infested with zombies, but it is also much more than that. It is the story built on interesting and strong characters who try to survive and fight for their future in a decaying society manipulated by an ultra-powerful group and the world succumbing under the heavy effects of environmental destruction.

As Deadwave sucked me into its virtual world and made me totally enjoy it, I feel obliged to say a few words about its author. Michael Evans is still just a kid at 17 (no offense, Michael!), but he is also a great man when it comes to writing and his understanding of the world. I urge everyone to read Author’s Note at the end of the book to see how great a visionary he is and in what spheres and universes his mind works.

Don’t judge a book by its cover is a saying that couldn’t be more appropriate in Michael’s case. Don’t judge Michael by his age because he is a living proof that age is just a number and that amazing achievements can be realized even before you cross the threshold of maturity if you dream big, work hard, have a vision, plan, determination, and courage to live your dream.

Remember Michael Evans, a boy with a lifelong mission and an advocate for a better future, and Michael Evans, a prolific author and gifted storyteller who creates an alternate universe with such ease like he is writing his homework. Respect!

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Blood Brothers by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


It doesn’t happen often that I finish reading one book in the series and can’t wait for another one as it’s with the Conspiracy Chronicles by teenage author Michael Evans.

Deadwave, the first book in the Conspiracy Chronicles turned me into a fan instantly. Sam, who faces the biggest challenge of his life to stay alive and becomes the best player on the planet by winning the Deadwave World Championship, a virtual reality zombie video game, in Blood Brothers faces even bigger challenge. To stay alive, he must keep his promise and kill his father in a mission orchestrated by an ultra-powerful secret organization of elites.

But Sam and his father have their own agenda. As Sam becomes a blood brother and the powerful member of the organization, will he be able to help his father in realizing his grand plan for his company Chimera? Will things go smoothly for Sam and what will happen to tens of millions of people living in virtual worlds controlled by Chimera?

Only a month after publishing Deadwave, a talented and prolific storyteller Michael Evans launches another fast-paced and super-exciting novel that takes us into the heart of a secret organization, its plots and ruthlessness in manipulating and sparing no one on its path to control and rule the world. Blood Brothers is a page-turner that will make you crave for more!

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The Last Migration by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Highly action-packed third instalment of the Conspiracy Chronicles puts Sam in front of many new challenges. The biggest challenge is saving millions of people before they perish in the vats of acid of his father’s company Chimera, but it’s not the last one. As the truth of The Last Migration plan leaks to the public, Sam is propelled into a series of events that will grind his emotions and body with a turbulent force of new discoveries with devastating consequences.

Speeding from one dangerous situation to another, a young author of The Last Migration twists and turns his characters to the limit. With a brilliant narrative he proves his excellence as a storyteller and skillfulness in creating and destroying worlds. Michael Evans is a talent yet to be discovered and recognized by many. I am honored and happy to enjoy and hungrily devour his books at such an early stage of his career.

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Renegade by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


If you didn’t yet read the first three books of Conspiracy Chronicles by Michael Evans, please do it now! In the fourth book of this awesome series, Renegade, this prolific and very talented teenage author shifts into the highest gear so far.

It is a full action near future science fiction thriller for young adults and those who are not afraid to feel young and love such books, with death waiting around every corner, mass murders, incredible shooting scenes, and blood up to your knees. And it all takes for Sam and his friend Jake to put an end to the ruthless dictatorship and prevent a horrible genocide to occurring in China after millions of human lives were lost in the similar way in America. But will it be enough?

A crazy, good read; don’t miss it!

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Aftershock by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


To the fans of sci-fi, YA, technothrillers, apocalypse, dystopia, and conspiracy books: please read all four books in the Conspiracy Chronicles series because you don’t want to miss anything until you get to the Book 5, Aftershock. So much has happened, and is going on in this latest installment, as Sam, Jake and Ai try to save China—and the entire world—from the natural disaster engineered by President Li and the Party.

The very thought of an earthquake gives me enough creeps and terror even without thinking of the man-made earthquake of the magnitude and size to destroy hundreds of millions on the eastern seaboard of China. But the most impressive parts of Aftershock to me are unforgettable and unbelievable action scenes on the oil rig in the East China Sea. If this book series ever turned into a movie, Hollywood and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films would have a serious competition!

This novel is a nuclear bomb made of robots and futuristic technology ready to explode. And its author, Michael Evans, has no second thoughts before pressing the “activate” button and giving us one huge AFTERSHOCK. This book detonates from the beginning to the end!

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Lone Wolf by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Too much is going on in my head now to write a standard, comprehensive review. The flood of thoughts and emotions. Which might be a good thing. Because this book hit me like a sledgehammer, and I couldn’t and didn’t want to put it down once I started reading it.

Is it a fight of a sole young man against the strongest dark forces of the world? A boy who lost everything dear and most precious to him on his quest to save the humanity from the darkness descending like a massive dome over the entire world? Is it a story that in the sixth book in the series already spreads through your systems and sets your adrenaline on fire like a lava melting the steep slopes of an ancient volcano? Or an untamable imagination of the young author that breaks every border and discovers new heroes and villains, new dire and challenging situations and intense states of mind? Or is it the sign of the time from the future which doesn’t look so futuristic and impossible in our world today?

Lone Wolf by Michael Evans resonates with every fiber of my being. Learning from his Acknowledgements that this was the last book he was writing as a non-adult person makes it astonishing. What an achievement!

Welcome to the adulthood, Michael, and may all the forces of the universe be with you and your writing.

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Deadwave: Conspiracy Chronicles Prequel by Michael Evans

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


After I read six books from the Conspiracy Chronicles series by the young author Michael Evans, I was eager to read its prequel which takes place several years before the events in the first book in the series, Breakdown. Michael nailed it again. In Deadwave he realistically describes Sam’s emotional state of mind and all the darkness of his suicidal thoughts after he lost his mom who killed herself by jumping off a cliff.

Emotions, regrets, qualms of conscience. The entire atmosphere around his father and best friend Jake are so painfully described as he was describing his personal trauma. It is an honest reminder to all of us on what we sacrifice to reach our goals by not spending enough time or sharing love with our dearest ones. These parts of the book are the most powerful. But they don’t overshadow the other parts when Sam follows his dream to become the best player in the virtual reality zombie-infested video game Deadwave.

Deadwave: Conspiracy Chronicles Prequel only confirms the exceptional potential of young Evans as a writer with a fantastic imagination, impressive writing skills, and the power to capture us into his dystopia-science fiction-thriller world. Another success and a must read!

BJ
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My reviews of Breakdown (ex Deadwave), Blood Brothers, The Last Migration, Renegade, Aftershock, and Lone Wolf.

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