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Feed the Machine
Feed the Machine... or die. Welcome to Cago. A small town protected by three electrified fences, the people within eke out an existence scavenging in the Scour, the wasteland of ruined junk and twisted metal that is all that remains of the old world. They are forced to feed the Machine to fulfill their yearly quota or be ripped to pieces by the silver mechanical bugs that live within it. In this broken future, three siblings are fighting to fill the quota, time rapidly counting down to the yearly Feed. If they fail, they'll be forced to sell themselves to Fat Man, a brutal tyrant, to survive. Their father is long gone, vanishing one night with all their wealth, throwing his family into poverty. Their mother scrapes out a living carting waste for the rich. Ash is marching out into the Scour, a deadly place inhabited by Scabs, bloodthirsty cannibals, and hazels, monsters of meat and circuitry that stalk the night. A fallen missile is his last hope. Nola has a plan that relies on seduction or violence - she doesn't care much which if it gets them free. Silver, youngest and struggling with a mind that turns its sharpest knives inward has a bigger plan than any of them. One that could not only free them but possibly change the world... A new dystopian science fiction novel from Mathew Ferguson
- GenresScience Fiction
367 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 20, 2015
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May 24, 2018
4+ Stars. Seriously fun! KEY QUESTION: Why aren't more people reading this book? And if you hurry up, you may even find it for FREE!!! (I got mine via Bookbub's daily deals)
'Feed the Machine' is an excellent, quick-flowing tale filled with characters that are easy to care about and that will drive you forwards with every page! The narrative centers primarily on 3 siblings with very different and unique personalities. They range in age from pre-teen to mid-20s and we follow them trying to make 'ends meet' in the direst of situations. I found myself totally absorbed not only by their world but also by the truly bizarre plot that I think will satisfy fans of dystopian as well as speculative fiction genres!
Mathew Ferguson's offer is packed full of suspense, dramatic plot changes and excitement! And I can't even tell you if we were on Earth in the future or some other world! Does it even matter? We don't waste a lot of time wondering how "all this" came about, it just is (and is and is again) and we have to deal with it to the bitter end (or was it a beginning?). I could see this being a VERY GOOD BOOKCLUB BOOK as I find myself wishing my friends had read this already so we could try and work through some of the bits that are still making my brain hurt (I need a bottle of black heal, STAT)! I mean, the metal men? Why/who? How many iterations did the whole tale take, did we settle on that? And the Gap, um, what the hell was that? Anyone? What a wild ride...
And you know what? I'm even putting this one on my 'YA' shelf as it's just a bucket load of f-bombs, some sexual content (all perfectly within the expectations of the plo) and a bit of gore from being a new shining example in the vein of 'Divergent' and others.
'Feed the Machine' is an excellent, quick-flowing tale filled with characters that are easy to care about and that will drive you forwards with every page! The narrative centers primarily on 3 siblings with very different and unique personalities. They range in age from pre-teen to mid-20s and we follow them trying to make 'ends meet' in the direst of situations. I found myself totally absorbed not only by their world but also by the truly bizarre plot that I think will satisfy fans of dystopian as well as speculative fiction genres!
Mathew Ferguson's offer is packed full of suspense, dramatic plot changes and excitement! And I can't even tell you if we were on Earth in the future or some other world! Does it even matter? We don't waste a lot of time wondering how "all this" came about, it just is (and is and is again) and we have to deal with it to the bitter end (or was it a beginning?). I could see this being a VERY GOOD BOOKCLUB BOOK as I find myself wishing my friends had read this already so we could try and work through some of the bits that are still making my brain hurt (I need a bottle of black heal, STAT)! I mean, the metal men? Why/who? How many iterations did the whole tale take, did we settle on that? And the Gap, um, what the hell was that? Anyone? What a wild ride...
And you know what? I'm even putting this one on my 'YA' shelf as it's just a bucket load of f-bombs, some sexual content (all perfectly within the expectations of the plo) and a bit of gore from being a new shining example in the vein of 'Divergent' and others.
December 28, 2017
EXCELLENT!!!! Really makes you think....
December 1, 2018
A little conflicted and confusing. I got lost a lot reading the book. At one point got very uninterested, but managed to finish reading the book.
September 11, 2019
The author is amateur, the language he uses is very simple, the story is average. It's a good novel, but comparing to other sci fi authors, like Peter Hamilton, Arthur Clark, it doesn't stand near. The author knowledge is scarse regarding computer science. All in all, I disappointed, the story was developed poorly.
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