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Invisible #2
Translucent:
The world is nothing like they imagined…
Zya had no choice but to agree to leave the segment and make the trek to the central hub along with a few friends and four adults, any one of them might be a terrorist ready to release a second virus.
Her job is to make sure the terrorist is found, and killed, but Zya’s hand She has no choice if she wants to save her friends and survive this nightmare.
Jonah and his friends escaped the segment barely. They’re facing a journey to the central hub to try and demand change.
And they’re all learning that life outside the segments is nothing like they thought, people thriving in communities and both parties are walking around with targets on their backs.
Zya had no choice but to agree to leave the segment and make the trek to the central hub along with a few friends and four adults, any one of them might be a terrorist ready to release a second virus.
Her job is to make sure the terrorist is found, and killed, but Zya’s hand She has no choice if she wants to save her friends and survive this nightmare.
Jonah and his friends escaped the segment barely. They’re facing a journey to the central hub to try and demand change.
And they’re all learning that life outside the segments is nothing like they thought, people thriving in communities and both parties are walking around with targets on their backs.
621 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2025
About the author
Joey Paul
27 books588 followersJoey Paul is a multi-award-winning indie author, exploring the young adult genre. She has released twenty-three books in total so far, with one more due out in 2025. Her current works include the "Dying Thoughts" series, which is eight books, the "Lights Out" trilogy, the "Cramping Chronicles" series, the “Invisible” quartet, as well as several standalone novels. She writes across genres, with crime, mystery, paranormal, dystopian and urban fantasy being her usual genres. She is writing her next two books at the moment, having recently finished her last two.
Joey is disabled and a graduate from The Open University with a BA (Hons) in Health & Social Care. When not reading medical textbooks, she enjoys reading crime novels, medical dramas and young adult novels. When she's out and about, she likes doing weekly wheelchair walks occasionally challenging herself for charity. And when she's not doing THAT, she's sleeping! She's 43 and has been writing since she was retired from her job on medical grounds at the age of 19. She plans to write for as long as she has ideas or until someone tells her to stop!
Joey is disabled and a graduate from The Open University with a BA (Hons) in Health & Social Care. When not reading medical textbooks, she enjoys reading crime novels, medical dramas and young adult novels. When she's out and about, she likes doing weekly wheelchair walks occasionally challenging herself for charity. And when she's not doing THAT, she's sleeping! She's 43 and has been writing since she was retired from her job on medical grounds at the age of 19. She plans to write for as long as she has ideas or until someone tells her to stop!
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April 11, 2025
Reviewed by Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite
In Translucent, Joey Paul delivers a gripping narrative set in a dystopian world where a virus has decimated the adult population, and those left behind face treachery and the struggle for survival. The story follows Zya Monk, a seventeen-year-old girl who, after an attack on her segment, is thrust into a dangerous expedition outside the walls that have confined her and her peers. Accompanied by friends and suspected enemies, Zya embarks on a harrowing journey to the Central Zone to discover the truth about the virus and safeguard the community’s future. The stakes heighten as dark secrets unravel with life-threatening encounters and battles against natural elements and hostile humans.
The characters in Translucent are richly drawn and intriguing; each character has a motivation that fuels their action. Zya stands out as a determined young leader, battling her insecurities while trying to guide her group through precarious territory. Lena, her supportive friend, endures physical abuse yet shares Zya's resolve. The dynamics within the group, including the group of suspects—each with their motivations—introduce tension and mistrust that complicate their mission. The setting, a once-familiar world overrun by nature and danger, amplifies the narrative's bleak atmosphere. Joey Paul is a great storyteller with a wonderful gift for creating relatable characters and an immersive world. Conflict is ingeniously handled, and the threat of betrayal from within becomes a haunting specter over Zya as she must discern friend from foe to protect those she cares about. I enjoyed the exquisite prose, superior storytelling, memorable characters, and finely drawn dystopian world.
In Translucent, Joey Paul delivers a gripping narrative set in a dystopian world where a virus has decimated the adult population, and those left behind face treachery and the struggle for survival. The story follows Zya Monk, a seventeen-year-old girl who, after an attack on her segment, is thrust into a dangerous expedition outside the walls that have confined her and her peers. Accompanied by friends and suspected enemies, Zya embarks on a harrowing journey to the Central Zone to discover the truth about the virus and safeguard the community’s future. The stakes heighten as dark secrets unravel with life-threatening encounters and battles against natural elements and hostile humans.
The characters in Translucent are richly drawn and intriguing; each character has a motivation that fuels their action. Zya stands out as a determined young leader, battling her insecurities while trying to guide her group through precarious territory. Lena, her supportive friend, endures physical abuse yet shares Zya's resolve. The dynamics within the group, including the group of suspects—each with their motivations—introduce tension and mistrust that complicate their mission. The setting, a once-familiar world overrun by nature and danger, amplifies the narrative's bleak atmosphere. Joey Paul is a great storyteller with a wonderful gift for creating relatable characters and an immersive world. Conflict is ingeniously handled, and the threat of betrayal from within becomes a haunting specter over Zya as she must discern friend from foe to protect those she cares about. I enjoyed the exquisite prose, superior storytelling, memorable characters, and finely drawn dystopian world.
May 29, 2025
As I’m reading this story, I’m thinking that it’s a good thing that these are kids running the show, because they are resilient, no matter what their disabilities are. Always thinking and working together, taking charge of their missions and not letting the adults that joined them for one reason or another take over. They fought with experience that they didn’t have.
Zya and Jonah led their groups into the unknown and grew into warriors along the way. Everything they were told about outside the wall wasn’t true, which lead to constant questions of why. The two groups were to meet at the hub, but not all will make it.
The secrets along the way, may come out once they make the hub, but do they really want to know?
Exciting, Action, Mystery and a test of Friendship, plus more covers this book.
Zya and Jonah led their groups into the unknown and grew into warriors along the way. Everything they were told about outside the wall wasn’t true, which lead to constant questions of why. The two groups were to meet at the hub, but not all will make it.
The secrets along the way, may come out once they make the hub, but do they really want to know?
Exciting, Action, Mystery and a test of Friendship, plus more covers this book.
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