The Nectar: Book One

by Leslie Miller

An Earth without bees...
A civilization on the edge of starvation...
A hidden journal that might hold the key to humanity's survival.

The year is 2031. Bees and other natural pollinators vanish, leaving a panicked population fighting for food and resources. Seventeen-year-old Keeley’s parents force her into the Army, believing the military will keep her safe and fed during the worsening crisis. She’s assigned to a government research installation where covert experiments are underway to alter the human genome.

The year is 2180. Much of the world’s food crops are gone, along with the wildlife that was hunted to extinction. Migrant colonies crisscross the countryside, hand-pollinating the remaining crops in a desperate effort to keep the human race alive.
It’s seventeen-year-old Hannah’s job to feed migrant workers the Nectar, a nutrient that allows them to survive without real food. Hannah is devoted to her duty, until she finds Keeley’s century-and-a-half-old journal and discovers the Nectar is far from the blessing she believes it to be. The information in the journal blows her world apart. But it might also hold the secret to saving mankind...

The Nectar is a thought-provoking YA science fiction novel that will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Maggie Stiefvater, and Veronica Roth.

266 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 18, 2017

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Reviews

[Bobbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not your dystopian fiction book, what makes scary is it's based on something that realistically could happen not many years from now. In this story there are no longer any bees to pollinate the plants and cross pollinate the trees. So it has become the task of a chosen select few called "fieldies" to be the human pollinators, but there is an aggressive miitant group determined to free this group who sees them as slaves to their job. That's where the conflict arises. This is an interesting story of something that sadly could happen not many years from now. It's a good read.

[Christinaraven · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. Although the basic story line was simple, no more bees to pollinate plants, the story was so much more. It's basically a story inside a story. The main story is about Hannah and her "colony" that moves around and pollinates plants who end up on an abandoned farm in the New York. Hannah finds a journal written by Keeley, set 150 years in the past when the fall of the world was happening. I thought it was interesting to read about Hannah and Keeley and how their individual stories were woven together to give a clear picture on how history effects now. My honest review is - A cool premise that delivers a good story that hooked me from the beginning. Some of my questions about the Nectar were answered but still a few were left unanswered. I cannot wait to see what happens next.

[Linda Romer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Nectar a Novel by Leslie Miller

Loved it! What a great story with a very interesting concept. A riveting read with great characters. A Science Fiction Novel about the present, past and future. I loved the two main female characters, Hannah and Keeley. This novel is set in the future and I was totally submerged in this story and loved the Authors writing. The ending is crazy good and I will continue with The Last Golden Eye (The Nectar Book 2 coming Fall 2017).

I give The Nectar 5 stars for its intriguing, imaginative story.
I would recommend this book to YA as well as Adults.

[Barbara Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two seventeen-year-old girls separated by a century and a half, and connected by a farmhouse bedroom and The Nectar. Fast-paced, compelling read. It's marked Book One, so I look forward to the sequel.