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Silenced
The end of the world doesn't need heroes--it needs monsters.
Pike Richards would do anything not to work with Compound Six, but they have his only weakness--his daughter, Sadie. They want the cure to a virus that has devastated humanity, a cure that only Pike, one of the last descendants of the gods, can retrieve from its mystical location known as the crossroads.
Led by a ruthless woman from the Compound, Pike and his small team battle their way across the landscape filled with terrible creatures. As the loss and sacrifice grows, Pike is forced to confront his inner monster as a magical being designed for killing. When he falls in love with his fiery teammate, he dreams of a future for the first time. The only problem is, no descendant has ever returned from the crossroads.
Pike Richards would do anything not to work with Compound Six, but they have his only weakness--his daughter, Sadie. They want the cure to a virus that has devastated humanity, a cure that only Pike, one of the last descendants of the gods, can retrieve from its mystical location known as the crossroads.
Led by a ruthless woman from the Compound, Pike and his small team battle their way across the landscape filled with terrible creatures. As the loss and sacrifice grows, Pike is forced to confront his inner monster as a magical being designed for killing. When he falls in love with his fiery teammate, he dreams of a future for the first time. The only problem is, no descendant has ever returned from the crossroads.
295 pages, ebook
First published October 1, 2015
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Natasha Larry
18 books127 followersNatasha Larry is a mother and DC comics fan girl. She writes multicultural paranormal fantasy for teens and adults. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her published works include The Night and Darwin's Children.
She lives somewhere in Alabama.
She lives somewhere in Alabama.
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November 18, 2015
Dystopian with a sprinkle of Horror
Get set for a gripping, fast-paced story about a world gone awry. In this alternative universe, there is war between humans and the Descendants of the gods. The anti-hero, Pike, is a siren who literally loves them and leaves them. To make love to Pike is to die.
Pike is fascinating, a complex, layered character that is a mixture of monster and hero. When he is forced on a quest to help his captors, he teams up with Kiwi (a Fury) and Tripp -- two more characters who will captivate your imagination.
I hope the author writes more books in this amazing world!
Get set for a gripping, fast-paced story about a world gone awry. In this alternative universe, there is war between humans and the Descendants of the gods. The anti-hero, Pike, is a siren who literally loves them and leaves them. To make love to Pike is to die.
Pike is fascinating, a complex, layered character that is a mixture of monster and hero. When he is forced on a quest to help his captors, he teams up with Kiwi (a Fury) and Tripp -- two more characters who will captivate your imagination.
I hope the author writes more books in this amazing world!
February 8, 2016
From the time you start chapter One through the last page, be prepared for a freight train, running at high speed the entire time. If I could only describe it in one word, that would be relentless.
February 17, 2016
I loved this book!
Pike is a siren forced into being the hero, and he's not all too happy about it. He's joined by a cast of equally well-developed characters as they travel a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters. There's sex, violence, and the strongest of strong language. The dialog is excellent, the world unique, and the warm-fuzzies just enough to keep it from being too dark.
If you're looking for something new to read, you want this book.
Pike is a siren forced into being the hero, and he's not all too happy about it. He's joined by a cast of equally well-developed characters as they travel a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters. There's sex, violence, and the strongest of strong language. The dialog is excellent, the world unique, and the warm-fuzzies just enough to keep it from being too dark.
If you're looking for something new to read, you want this book.
February 11, 2016
based in a post apocalyptic, the hero Pike is a siren who is given a chance to help save the world from supernatural creatures... well he is blackmailed into it. he goes out with a team of weird creatures to find a cure, a way to turn supes back into humans.
all in all a good read. fast paced and exciting.
all in all a good read. fast paced and exciting.
May 23, 2018
I could not finish this book. It sounded like an interesting story about a hardened assassin who suddenly can’t kill anyone, but feels protective of the person he is supposed to kill. However, this book is nothing more than a jumbled mess of constant cursing by the main character. The problems I have with this trash is as follows:
1. The main characters is just a jerk.
There is no reason given at all for why I should care about the main character. He spends the whole going on about how he doesn’t give a BLEEP, or how this person is a BLEEP. There are better written books that portray the main character as a complete bastard, but they do it in such a way, you can’t help but feel like you should care and want to read more. The author fails big time on this score.
2. No organization
One minute the main character is awake and cussing and then he’s asleep. Then he’s awake again and someone is there. It takes several paragraphs before you realize that the person who is with him is someone he knows and was the person he was supposed to assassinate and didn’t. I found myself wondering why he didn’t kill her because she was a mega witch!
3. Infantile writing.
I wish more so called authors would learn how to write complete, well-organized, well-constructed, and thought out sentences. The prose reads as though a fourth grader wrote it and it came as little surprise when put through the readability meter it ranked at an average readability of 4th grade. Talk about a waste. This book covers very adult material, but the author is incapable of writing for adults. The book suffers from fragmented sentences, missing punctuation, poor grammar, and a juvenile vocabulary. The author would benefit from taking a writing class or two and from reading books by the great authors. Read Lord of the Rings or The Counte of Monte Cristo. You don’t have to write exactly like them, but perhaps you will learn what mature writing is and learn to emulate it, instead of publishing your first draft because everyone tells you how great it is. I’m telling you right now that this book is not great. subpar would be a step up from the dung heap that it is. It is worth less than the toilette paper I use every morning after going to the bathroom.
4. The pictures in the book are too large for kindle.
The pictures that are supposed to serve as a transition are so large that they fill the kindle screen. There is no reason for this. Perhaps someone should tell the author that she can set the image size when formatting, or she would benefit from hiring a professional formatter. The poor formatting matches the overall poor quality of this book.
I will confess that I did not finish the book. By the time I got to chapter four, I was so sick of the main character and poor writing that I could not force myself to continue reading. Don’t bother with this refuse. It is not worth it and there is better quality out there. The only saving grace, if you can call it that, of this book is the cover, but what waits inside is pure garbage.
Just skip this one.
1. The main characters is just a jerk.
There is no reason given at all for why I should care about the main character. He spends the whole going on about how he doesn’t give a BLEEP, or how this person is a BLEEP. There are better written books that portray the main character as a complete bastard, but they do it in such a way, you can’t help but feel like you should care and want to read more. The author fails big time on this score.
2. No organization
One minute the main character is awake and cussing and then he’s asleep. Then he’s awake again and someone is there. It takes several paragraphs before you realize that the person who is with him is someone he knows and was the person he was supposed to assassinate and didn’t. I found myself wondering why he didn’t kill her because she was a mega witch!
3. Infantile writing.
I wish more so called authors would learn how to write complete, well-organized, well-constructed, and thought out sentences. The prose reads as though a fourth grader wrote it and it came as little surprise when put through the readability meter it ranked at an average readability of 4th grade. Talk about a waste. This book covers very adult material, but the author is incapable of writing for adults. The book suffers from fragmented sentences, missing punctuation, poor grammar, and a juvenile vocabulary. The author would benefit from taking a writing class or two and from reading books by the great authors. Read Lord of the Rings or The Counte of Monte Cristo. You don’t have to write exactly like them, but perhaps you will learn what mature writing is and learn to emulate it, instead of publishing your first draft because everyone tells you how great it is. I’m telling you right now that this book is not great. subpar would be a step up from the dung heap that it is. It is worth less than the toilette paper I use every morning after going to the bathroom.
4. The pictures in the book are too large for kindle.
The pictures that are supposed to serve as a transition are so large that they fill the kindle screen. There is no reason for this. Perhaps someone should tell the author that she can set the image size when formatting, or she would benefit from hiring a professional formatter. The poor formatting matches the overall poor quality of this book.
I will confess that I did not finish the book. By the time I got to chapter four, I was so sick of the main character and poor writing that I could not force myself to continue reading. Don’t bother with this refuse. It is not worth it and there is better quality out there. The only saving grace, if you can call it that, of this book is the cover, but what waits inside is pure garbage.
Just skip this one.
May 15, 2016
This book was a good read. Enjoying the link between human world paranormal world in the world of gods. Adding a little zombie effect to it just makes it that much more better. Without really adding a love story inside this chaos story of saving the world you find love along with friendship involving throughout the story.
Pike is a really great character to read about loving the toss between giving into the monster that he is and still holding onto his humanity to save Sadie.
Finding that the story was a pull in and kind of a struggle to get into once I got to a point it became a page turner and I needed to know what happen next on their event shirt for the cure. The author does a great job telling the story and giving the readers hints about each character and their background. The story has a good flow overall for moving through events that happen. I would recommend this book to any of my friends that love to read about paranormal characters. I can't wait to read more from this offer.
Pike is a really great character to read about loving the toss between giving into the monster that he is and still holding onto his humanity to save Sadie.
Finding that the story was a pull in and kind of a struggle to get into once I got to a point it became a page turner and I needed to know what happen next on their event shirt for the cure. The author does a great job telling the story and giving the readers hints about each character and their background. The story has a good flow overall for moving through events that happen. I would recommend this book to any of my friends that love to read about paranormal characters. I can't wait to read more from this offer.
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May 16, 2016
This is the first book I have read by Natasha Larry and it is an excellent change of pace for me! An excellent blend of what I would call urban fantasy, post apocalyptic paranormal thriller. Larry has a great story telling ability that immediately pulls her readers into the story, true talent.
Pike Richards is the only hope for human civilization and at the desperate hands of compound 6, his hand is forced into a mission that teeters on finding the cure possibly at the expense of his life and his talented team members that possess "special abilities". Blackmailed into the mission because Sadie is all he has and compound 6 has infected her as an insurance policy to complete the task or risk losing the one person he truly cares and vowed to take care of. The risks are great and knowing what the mission could mean when it comes to his own fate and keeping a promise to return against all odds, the struggle is real and unbending. Looking forward to a sequel as this book keeps you spellbound to the very last page!
Pike Richards is the only hope for human civilization and at the desperate hands of compound 6, his hand is forced into a mission that teeters on finding the cure possibly at the expense of his life and his talented team members that possess "special abilities". Blackmailed into the mission because Sadie is all he has and compound 6 has infected her as an insurance policy to complete the task or risk losing the one person he truly cares and vowed to take care of. The risks are great and knowing what the mission could mean when it comes to his own fate and keeping a promise to return against all odds, the struggle is real and unbending. Looking forward to a sequel as this book keeps you spellbound to the very last page!
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