Revolution: Poppet Cycle Book 3

by Donna J.W. Munro

The battle for the soul of USNOAM should be all that Ellie cares about, but hours of training and drilling can't get the awful memory of Moze dying out of her head. "Death isn't the end," Thom told her. He was right. Sasha Parker, now heir of DesLoge Com., had raised Moze up to be her own personal poppet.

Ellie, Thom, and Moze will struggle to end the cruel institution of Poppetry all while fighting their way back to each to family, safety, and love deeper than life or death.

Can they remake the world?

“This stark, yet richly layered narrative, the first in Munro’s anticipated Poppet Cycle series, is a study of privilege, persecution, and the power of love. A chillingly perceptive dystopia…”

— Lee Murray, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of Into the Ashes
“Revelation is YA literature at its finest. Compelling and at times heartbreaking, this novel hooked me on page one and never let go. Munro’s juxtaposition of average teenage life and the rotting core of a seemingly ideal society carries the emotional weight of a sledgehammer, a chilling near-future that is all too possible.”
–Rhonda Mason, author of the Empress Game Trilogy

446 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 28, 2024

About the author

Donna J. W. Munro’s pieces are published in Dark Moon Digest # 34, Flash Fiction Magazine, Astounding Outpost, Nothing’s Sacred Magazine IV and V, Corvid Queen, Hazard Yet Forward (2012), Enter the Apocalypse (2017), Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths II (2018), Terror Politico (2019), Burning Love, Bleeding Hearts (2020), Borderlands 7 (2020), Gray Sisters Vol 1(2020) and others. Check out her novel, Revelations: Poppet Cycle 1. Contact her at https://www.donnajwmunro.com or @DonnaJWMunro on Twitter.

Reviews

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was dying (pun sort of intended) to dive back in, and see what would become of Ellie, Thom, Moze, and poppetry. Munro didn’t disappoint in the least, bringing another vivid, dystopian piece of the saga to life before my eyes. I didn’t think it was possible to dislike someone so much after knowing them for such a short time, but Sasha just gets under my skin so easily. It’s her callousness towards the poppets, especially Moze, someone I’ve come to really care for over the course of the last two books that does it, I think. I was rooting so hard to see the trio reunited, and be victorious against poppetry (no spoilers about the ending, though)! I found myself completely trapped in Ellie’s world, from the first to the last page, and it felt a bit odd to return to my own each time I had to set the book down. A brilliant set of books, and you absolutely need to start with book one to have a complete grasp of everything going on, but it’s a story you won’t want to miss!

[sydspages · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revolution is the stunning conclusion to the Poppet Cycle trilogy. A war is brewing & we follow along side Ellie, Moze & Thom one last time as they navigate the rising tensions.

As in the last book, the action is non stop as we continue our story. I enjoyed reading three different povs, I felt it gave more depth as well as a bigger picture of the events unfolding. Something was always going on no matter what chapter we were in. It also gives us a glimpse into each of their internal struggles & different opinions on what’s going on.

As things were getting wrapped up I thought I had an idea about where things were headed but I was pleasantly surprised by multiple choices by certain characters & twists that occurred.