Death Zone

The Cyber Chronicles #2

by T.C. Southwell

Sabre is forced to take Tassin into the Badlands in order to escape her enemies, much to her horror and despite her protests. At the centre of the radioactive desert, a legacy of the nuclear war centuries ago, is the Death Zone, and no one who has ventured there has survived to tell the tale. When they enter the Zone, Sabre discovers that it is a strange area where slices of other worlds mix with Omega Five’s reality as ever-changing Flux-realities. Tenuous on the outskirts, the Flux-realities become more solid and dangerous as they venture further in, and the cyber’s scanners do not work. Mutated beasts prowl the ever-changing scenery, and a Change can trap the unwary in solid objects such as rocks or trees. They are fortunate to acquire a guide, a furry friend and shape shifter, a Death Zone denizen who agrees to help them cross to the other side.Tassin is gravely ill by the time Sabre carries her out of the Death Zone and across the desert to the living land on the far side of the Badlands. There, they encounter strange cultures, and Sabre often has to rescue the tempestuous and somewhat irritating young queen from various unsavoury characters, into whose clutches she seems to fall with annoying regularity. While he finds her infuriating, Sabre feels something for the girl, but he does not understand his new emotions, he only knows he’s just a damaged killing machine, with no rights, and certainly no chance of finding happiness. Tassin does her best to hide her feelings for Sabre, and finds his apparent lack of interest galling, to say the least.

Genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Ebooks

251 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2010

About the author

T. C. Southwell was born in Sri Lanka and moved to the Seychelles when she was a baby. She spent her formative years exploring the islands – mostly alone. Naturally, her imagination flourished and she developed a keen love of other worlds. The family travelled through Europe and Africa and, after the death of her father, settled in South Africa.

T. C. Southwell has written over thirty novels, ranging from fantasy and science fiction to romance and adventure, as well as five screenplays. Her hobbies include motorcycling, horse riding and art, and she earns a living in the IT industry.

Reviews

[Scott Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great continuation of the story. The giant snails are cool. Snort I want one. The boon is filled with Wild imagination making the story entertaining for sure.

Two huge things that annoy me so bad I wanna quit reading. The queen is dumber than a box of rocks, helpless as a kitten and berates everyone around her. Women readers should be offended. Also, what kind of idiot refuses to kill someone in Defence when the bad guy is trying to kill you constantly and kidnap your queen. Knowing she will be raped and brutalized. So if that kind of thing irritates you don’t read it.

I do look forward to Book 3.

[Stella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Love Love!

Such a good series so far, I seem to fall in love with all of TC Southwell's books. The characters are unique & interesting, such an imaginative world that you can really lose yourself in.

[Takiyah Dudley · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great continuation of the story. I lovw this series & the slow burn of romance is written well.

[Amanda Barrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not quite as good as the first one in the series - but still enjoyable

[Milinkalap · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was pretty good. The pace was awesome, wanted to see what was going on. As usual Southwell comes up with the most interesting worlds.

This one was ever changing and the societies Saber and Tassin ran into were just as varying as the landscape.

Saber is as awesome as ever and Tassin is as obnoxious as possible at all times, as per usual.

I think it'd be awesome to see these big, crazy snails.

[AB · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this, Tassin is far more tolerable than in the first book. I'm only on the 4th in the series, but this one certainly wasn't the best. It was no worse, no better than the first book but it didn't stand out. I wasn't a big fan of the Dead Zone creature, 'Purr,' but it wasn't enough to turn me off of the series.

[Vanessa Finaughty · Rating 5 out of 5]

With each book in this series, it becomes more difficult to stop reading, possibly since the book is character driven and the characters are so realistic. Readers will also find a very different Tassin by the end of this book – one who isn’t nearly as selfish and conceited as the Tassin of Book 1 – as with all people, Tassin is changed by her experiences and the author portrays this brilliantly.

[Connie Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is just getting better and better! T.C. Southwell's world's are amazingly diverse with characters and settings. Tassin has definitely grown up and isn't as snobby as in the first. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

[Kathleen Krywokulsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO COOL SO QUICKLY I WAS DONE ANXIOUS TO START #3
WHAT AWILD BRAIN TC MUST HAVE

[Jc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Epic masterpiece, so many twists there is never a dull moment.