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Emerge Series, #3
Renaissance
New Caelum is virus-free, and its citizens are eager to venture outside for the first time in nearly seven years. But when an outsider shows up with a near-fatal dog bite along with a harsh message from Governor Jackson, it becomes the elite people of New Caelum are not welcome outside the gates of New Caelum and new dangers lurk in the outside world.
With Cricket suffering nightmares over past battles and West discovering a dark secret his mother kept well hidden from him—a secret that threatens to tear Cricket and West apart forever, Cricket and West leave the city in search of a place for the people of New Caelum to settle. They will not only have to fight Governor Jackson’s obstacles, they’ll be searching for a future together neither of them is confident exists.
With Cricket suffering nightmares over past battles and West discovering a dark secret his mother kept well hidden from him—a secret that threatens to tear Cricket and West apart forever, Cricket and West leave the city in search of a place for the people of New Caelum to settle. They will not only have to fight Governor Jackson’s obstacles, they’ll be searching for a future together neither of them is confident exists.
350 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 16, 2016
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About the author
Heather Sunseri
25 books393 followersHeather Sunseri was raised on a tiny farm in the smallest of towns in thoroughbred horse country near Lexington, Kentucky. After high school, she attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and later graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in accounting. Always torn between a passion for fantasy and a mind for the rational, it only made sense to combine her career in accounting with a novel-writing dream.
Heather now lives in a different small town on the other side of Lexington with her two children, and her husband, Mike, the biggest Oregon Duck fan in the universe. When she’s not writing or working as a CPA, she spends her time tormenting her daughter’s cat, Olivia, and loving on her son’s Golden Retriever, Jenny. MINDSPEAK is her first published novel.
Heather now lives in a different small town on the other side of Lexington with her two children, and her husband, Mike, the biggest Oregon Duck fan in the universe. When she’s not writing or working as a CPA, she spends her time tormenting her daughter’s cat, Olivia, and loving on her son’s Golden Retriever, Jenny. MINDSPEAK is her first published novel.
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February 20, 2016
I absolutely loved the series. It was great to read a book that had a strong female lead which sends such a great message to young women to earn that you can make your own choices even if at times you are dependent on a man. I found it was easy to connect to each character in the book. The plot had such great twists that keep you interested. Overall I highly recommend not only this book but the entire series. You will fall in love which each character.
July 11, 2022
Heather Sunseri is one of my new favorite authors. This is the second series that I have read of hers and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The characters are intriguing, there's a good amount of depth and growth, and the dystopian world she creates is a little too realistic in this day and age (eek!). A very easy read and enough suspense to keep you coming back for more. I felt the climax was a little lackluster for me, but it was a very fitting ending to the power struggle with a happy ending to round out the trilogy. I would definitely recommend!
January 2, 2017
The love story is super cheesy and detracts the reader's attention from the main storyline. Lots of things from the story were left unexplained. The basis of the pandemic was ridiculous and I didn't enjoy the fact that the disease was no longer the forefront of this book. It felt sloppy that the story switched gears and was suddenly about the crazy governor. The last few chapters were extra cheesy and the storyline was overall incredibly implausible.
March 1, 2020
The 3rd in the trilogy
West has promised the people of New Caelum they are free to come & go as they will...but there are obstacles for which he must prepare them, such as an insane, power hungry leader of 6 settlements to the south of Boone Blackstone & New Caelum. Once an epidemiologist, this madman of a leader, Eli Jackson, who tales the title "general" (for.the term "madman" is the only term I can use to describe him, has mutated the Bad Sam virus that had decimated the population & injected it into certain dogs. He has dogs trained to kill, & any time he wants to harm an enemy, enough of them are inoculated with the virus to kill the enemy or enemies. The virus pits them into a killing frenzy, then shortly afterwards, they die. In this way, he hopes to contain any dissent against his rule.
Both West & Cricket find out things about their parents that are diffiicult to bear
They are faced with death & damage many times. They still are commotted to one another.
The ending is first, very suspenseful, then happy. It is obvious that their trials are not yet over, but things end up going better than anticipated initially.
The series has some sentence errors in all the bioks, but they're pretty easy to decipher. There are also instances of inappropriate plurals, including apostrophes used when making a noun plural. (FYI apostrophes are only supposed to be used to denote possession, not plurals...you don't use am apostrophe for a plural...so to say,"There are 2 girls named Catherinne" & rewrite it to say, "There are 2 Catherines," you don't use an apostrophe; however⁸, if the girl named Catherine has a book, you would say,"That is Catherine's book," because the apostrophe denotes ownership).
West has promised the people of New Caelum they are free to come & go as they will...but there are obstacles for which he must prepare them, such as an insane, power hungry leader of 6 settlements to the south of Boone Blackstone & New Caelum. Once an epidemiologist, this madman of a leader, Eli Jackson, who tales the title "general" (for.the term "madman" is the only term I can use to describe him, has mutated the Bad Sam virus that had decimated the population & injected it into certain dogs. He has dogs trained to kill, & any time he wants to harm an enemy, enough of them are inoculated with the virus to kill the enemy or enemies. The virus pits them into a killing frenzy, then shortly afterwards, they die. In this way, he hopes to contain any dissent against his rule.
Both West & Cricket find out things about their parents that are diffiicult to bear
They are faced with death & damage many times. They still are commotted to one another.
The ending is first, very suspenseful, then happy. It is obvious that their trials are not yet over, but things end up going better than anticipated initially.
The series has some sentence errors in all the bioks, but they're pretty easy to decipher. There are also instances of inappropriate plurals, including apostrophes used when making a noun plural. (FYI apostrophes are only supposed to be used to denote possession, not plurals...you don't use am apostrophe for a plural...so to say,"There are 2 girls named Catherinne" & rewrite it to say, "There are 2 Catherines," you don't use an apostrophe; however⁸, if the girl named Catherine has a book, you would say,"That is Catherine's book," because the apostrophe denotes ownership).
January 6, 2017
Renaissance, the third book in the Emerge series, is just as good as the first two. There’s lots of action in this one and a nice amount of romance, too. Once again, I could barely put the book down and finished it in one day. (I think my husband was relieved when I finished it because I always had my nose in a book – or Kindle – as I read them. The only other series I have consumed so fast and had so much trouble putting down every book were The Hunger Games and The 100.) I loved the ending. It was perfect. I very highly recommend this book and the whole Emerge series!
September 6, 2020
A very good read
Renaissance brings a very good closure to the Emerge Trilogy. It was a good love story, but sprinkled with enough suspense and action to balance out the story. I don't like reading love stories, except when written with purpose. This Trilogy set itself up for a good follow-up story. What happened next in development of each settlement. How do they work out their with each other. I'll be looking to what follows.
Renaissance brings a very good closure to the Emerge Trilogy. It was a good love story, but sprinkled with enough suspense and action to balance out the story. I don't like reading love stories, except when written with purpose. This Trilogy set itself up for a good follow-up story. What happened next in development of each settlement. How do they work out their with each other. I'll be looking to what follows.
March 18, 2016
Are you kidding me? I am pretty sure I screamed this inside my head at least 5 times while reading Renaissance. I've read every one of Heather Sunseri's fantastic books and can't believe she still surprises me like this. You'll never see these plot twists coming and will love seeing how West and Cricket handle the changing world around them.
January 29, 2020
Absolutely riveting trilogy!
This book series hits all the bases - it has adventure, thrills, conflict, romance and much more. I understand it was written for a young adult audience, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. A good clean story that isn't boring and certainly holds your attention. Don't miss out on this series!!
This book series hits all the bases - it has adventure, thrills, conflict, romance and much more. I understand it was written for a young adult audience, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. A good clean story that isn't boring and certainly holds your attention. Don't miss out on this series!!
February 10, 2020
What a movie or TV series this would be!
I can't help but wonder about the future of these people! Will they have learned how to eliminate the greed and thirst for power and dominance over others? Will they be able to turn away from evil and violence? Will they be able to create a world where only the goodness in humanity prevails?
I can't help but wonder about the future of these people! Will they have learned how to eliminate the greed and thirst for power and dominance over others? Will they be able to turn away from evil and violence? Will they be able to create a world where only the goodness in humanity prevails?
April 9, 2016
I love books about the apocalypse. This was especially nice since there was an epidemic but no zombies. Although I love zombies too. Book was very well written and felt like something that could really happen.
May 5, 2016
The end of the trilogy, I found this book less compelling than the others. I like tat it filled in the gaps, but having a "bad guy" instead of the disease made it have a whole different tone. Also, the last 3 chapters were total cheeseball.
February 28, 2018
Fair story, a few surprises make it worth your time
Sequels usually have continuity. This does and at times is quite predictable. At others it takes unexpected turns. Worth reading as a Sequel.
Sequels usually have continuity. This does and at times is quite predictable. At others it takes unexpected turns. Worth reading as a Sequel.
December 27, 2018
Fabulous ending
This book was a great conclusion to the series. I loved reading it and couldn’t put it down. My only complaint is that I wish it had been longer! Seriously though, this is a great series and you all should definitely read it!
This book was a great conclusion to the series. I loved reading it and couldn’t put it down. My only complaint is that I wish it had been longer! Seriously though, this is a great series and you all should definitely read it!
March 29, 2020
You become invested in Cricket
Probably not the best time to read this book with our own Pandemic going on March 2020
But this kept me entertained and rooting for the good guys the whole way!!!
Probably not the best time to read this book with our own Pandemic going on March 2020
But this kept me entertained and rooting for the good guys the whole way!!!
February 18, 2016
Not the best conclusion to a trilogy. Too many far-fetched plots and not enough character development. The first 2 books were better.
March 17, 2016
Loved this series.
I absolutely loved this series. It left me wanting to know more about the way their life turns out. Hoping for another book.
I absolutely loved this series. It left me wanting to know more about the way their life turns out. Hoping for another book.
March 12, 2016
Little confused at the end. Still trying to figure out who did what and when. Still a good book.
August 9, 2016
Nice, we'll rounded albeit quick ending to the series. I was kind of hoping for a bit more, but will do.
April 3, 2016
Just a great, enjoyable series! I read the three books, one after another.
June 19, 2016
It wasn't bad
It was a good read but a bit predictable. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. It kept my attention. And if it's a series, I can't just stop.
It was a good read but a bit predictable. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. It kept my attention. And if it's a series, I can't just stop.
November 10, 2016
Pretty Good Ending
This was a pretty good YA postapocalyptic story. The love story in all books like this are a bit annoying to me but at least the heroine was strong.
This was a pretty good YA postapocalyptic story. The love story in all books like this are a bit annoying to me but at least the heroine was strong.
January 15, 2018
Wonderful series
Wonderful series. Absolutely love it. Could not put it down. Cricket was a great character. West and cricket were great together.
Wonderful series. Absolutely love it. Could not put it down. Cricket was a great character. West and cricket were great together.
March 21, 2019
Wonderful
This series was great. I so loved all characters. Wrestlin and cricket are such brave characters In all a wonderful series.
This series was great. I so loved all characters. Wrestlin and cricket are such brave characters In all a wonderful series.
February 24, 2020
A good read.
A good book that culminates the Emerge trilogy by Heather Sunseri. I enjoyed all three books in the series and highly recommend them all.
A good book that culminates the Emerge trilogy by Heather Sunseri. I enjoyed all three books in the series and highly recommend them all.
May 17, 2021
Such a great series
June 11, 2016
Nice conclusion. Not quite the kind of big ending I was expecting, but it'll do.
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