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Undercity #1
Down and Out
Endless Darkness. Oppression. A Fragmented Society. Sealed away in the bleak tunnels of Undercity, Teddy Peterson forages through the decaying remains of a shattered civilization. Surrounded by darkness, he and his adopted family of scroungers struggle to survive under the tyranny of the Upperlords. Their city is crumbling, and their tormentors don’t care. Desperate to save the people he loves, Teddy searches for answers. Just when he and his sister make a discovery that promises hope everything crashes down around them. Will he ever find freedom... and how many people might he lose along the way? DOWN AND OUT is the first book in the Undercity Series—a young adult dystopian adventure. If you like visually stunning worlds filled with a diverse collection of engaging characters, you’ll thoroughly enjoy digging into Kris Moger’s society of desperation and hope. Get your free ebook copy and explore the depths of Undercity today.
187 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2015
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March 23, 2016
Enjoyed the experience!
I enjoyed the book from the first page to the last! A well written book with heroes and compassion. I can't wait to continue the story and cheer on the underworld. Great job and thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed the book from the first page to the last! A well written book with heroes and compassion. I can't wait to continue the story and cheer on the underworld. Great job and thanks for sharing.
November 30, 2017
Teddy Peterson is an Underling. He lives under the Uppercity with his adopted family working as a scrounger. They dig through the tunnels that caved in as a result of the meteor strikes to Earth several generations before in search of goods to sell. Teddy is not content living the rest of his life at the whim of the Uppercity lords.
Moger’s first book in the The Undercity Series, Down and Out, chronicles Teddy’s struggle to discover a way out of the gloom and despair that he and his fellow Underlings live in day in and day out. This is a young adult dystopian adventure novel. Its plot is slow to develop, even though it is a relatively short book, making it not a very exciting read. Things start to get interesting as the book ends.
While this is not a bad book, per se, it did not grab me enough to want to read the remainder of the series.
3 out of 5 stars.
Moger’s first book in the The Undercity Series, Down and Out, chronicles Teddy’s struggle to discover a way out of the gloom and despair that he and his fellow Underlings live in day in and day out. This is a young adult dystopian adventure novel. Its plot is slow to develop, even though it is a relatively short book, making it not a very exciting read. Things start to get interesting as the book ends.
While this is not a bad book, per se, it did not grab me enough to want to read the remainder of the series.
3 out of 5 stars.
October 15, 2020
Awesome book, love the story of dystopian future for young adults. Very engaging.
November 28, 2020
After seeing the cover, I was hesitant to read, but the book turned out to be a good adventure in a dystopian sort of way.
September 29, 2018
The story is fascinating, well thought out and enchanting. I wish the writing matched: there are noticeable and frequent grammatical errors, and syntactic errors. The characters are very well written and profoundly captivating.
June 9, 2015
Teddy likes to write and to tell his adopted siblings stories, but finding paper isn't easy in the Undercity where he and all the Underlings live, digging through the debris of a civilization brought down by a meteorite-induced catastrophe long before he was born.
This isn't an easy life, but with his adopted pa, he helps to bring in enough salvageable goods to keep the family doing well enough by Undercity standards. Selling the better material to the Overlords, who live in the upper area and better habitations, allows them to get the things they can't find. Dealing with that segment of the population is dangerous, though.
Pa, Teddy and his siblings are about to make a discovery that may be the best thing that ever happened to them . . . or may bring down the last remnants of civilization.
Down and Out is filled with excellent world building details great characters for the younger and older people who inhabit this odd city. I look forward to seeing the next part of the adventure.
This isn't an easy life, but with his adopted pa, he helps to bring in enough salvageable goods to keep the family doing well enough by Undercity standards. Selling the better material to the Overlords, who live in the upper area and better habitations, allows them to get the things they can't find. Dealing with that segment of the population is dangerous, though.
Pa, Teddy and his siblings are about to make a discovery that may be the best thing that ever happened to them . . . or may bring down the last remnants of civilization.
Down and Out is filled with excellent world building details great characters for the younger and older people who inhabit this odd city. I look forward to seeing the next part of the adventure.
July 21, 2015
Interesting story and universe but very badly edited. There are missing words every 2 pages and the author mistakes the sex of one of her characters at least twice in the book. I was a bit disappointed because it could have been a really great book.
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