299 Days IX: The Restoration

299 Days #9

by Glen Tate

When the Patriots finally launch their strike against the Loyalists, Grant Matson’s leadership, bravery, and training are put to the ultimate test. The 17th Irregulars are teamed up with regular military units and they must put their differences aside in order to successfully overthrow the Limas.
While the battle rages on, the Loyalists outside of Olympia start to pay the price for their allegiances to the wrong side of the Collapse, while well-intentioned others welcome the beginning of New Washington that recognizes fairness and hard work.
The battle winds down and a new day begins as the Team recognizes that victory does not come without loss. Grant, now a celebrated war hero, is not without his own personal hardships, and fears facing a new life without his family.

Genres: Dystopia, Fiction, Survival, Post Apocalyptic

301 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 30, 2014

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This appears to be the last book in the series, but I guess it isn't. This book handles the battles between the Limas and the Patriots, as well as the reconstruction of the Washington State society. It has some interesting ideas on recovering from an economic collapse.

[linda hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good series

Good series. Although a little overpriced. Well written characters with enough action to keep it interesting. Only thing I would have liked better is a better wife for Grant. Lisa acted like a liberal and I just didn't like her character st all.

[Matthew · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is "book" nine in the 299 Days series. (Again each "book" is really a large chapter, not a self-contained book or even a natural starting/stopping point)

I have been generous in my ratings, which have steadily declined as I moved through the series...but I have lost my patience.

This is supposed to be the culmination/climax of the story arc...and I found it pathetic.

All my previous criticisms apply: the plain, uninspiring writing and the one-dimensional, uninspiring characters are both fully featured here. The prior nine books by their length imply that the story is moving/building, but the actual movement/culmination that occurs can hardly be called a climax.

I found pretty much the whole book preposterous...

And even weirder, since the author makes everybody pretty uni-dimensional (you are either good or bad), while struggling to pretend he doesn't (giving the main character family situations that serve as "flaws") he has the main character perform actions that completely undercut the entire premise of the book*. Since the books are poorly written and everything is awkward, this has a completely bizarre affect.

Anyways, while I found the initial premise of the book interesting, and was dragged in well enough that my OCD took over and I finished the series, I can not recommend that others read this series. The expense alone (buying 10 "books" that are actually just chapters ) with such marginal writing is argument enough.


Spoiler alert - the author's premise is apparently to argue for a limited government with less authoritarian powers...but has Grant the main character putting this together serve as an authoritarian assassin at one point. Very strange.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ninth installment in the 299 Days series, "The Restoration" drives home the philosophical issues surrounding retaking control of a collapsed society. Very good read and I would have happily had Author Tate take twice as many pages to tell his tale. Don't forget about the bonus chapters he makes available by download and the upcoming audio book version. Rather hoping for an old style radio show dramatization rather than just a reader saying the text. Great series - wonder what will be covered in the final volume?

[Brad Theado · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 9 is one of my favorite in the series from 1-90% (read on Kindle). The only negative thing I can say is that the book, which was a rocking story up to 90%, got very dry in the last section. It went from story to dry exposition like someone flipped a switch. I think this book could have had the ending fleshed out a lot more by incorporating it into the story, so the ending seemed rushed.

Other than that, i loved it.

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story line feels all wrapped up, so I'm skipping the last book. The reviews of that book seem to support my decision. An enjoyable series, although believing the level of stupidity of some of the characters (including EVERY woman in the story) was way too much of a stretch.

[Fern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent wrap up for the series!

This is the ninth book in this series. At the very end of the book is a nice "tie it up in a bow" synopsis of what has happened to all of the characters and where they are now. The tenth book is a bit redundant.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another installment in the '299 Days' series. Not a lot of action but still well worth reading. I'm hoping for more installments.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book more out of an obligation to read since I read the other 8. Writing was still unsophisticated and repeatative. Wrapped up all the storelines with even a token tragedy.

[Cathy Trumbo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good.

[Joshua Friesen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here we go almost at the end of this. I've lost my patience with these one dimensional characters and my previous enthusiasm for a new book has gone. Be done already.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm sorry it's over, I've thoroughly enjoyed the series.