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The Culling #1-3
The Culling: The Complete Series
The Culling
In a solar system where The Authority decides who lives and who dies, only one of their own executioners can stop them.
Glade Io is a trained killer. Marked at a young age as an individual with violent tendencies, she was taken from her family and groomed to be a Datapoint—a biotech-enabled analyst who carries out the Culling. She is designed to identify and destroy any potential humans that threaten the colonies: those marked as lawbreakers, unproductive or sick. But when she’s kidnapped by rogue colonists known as the Ferrymen, everything Glade thinks she knows about the colonies, and The Authority that runs them, collapses into doubt.
Pulled between two opposing sides, and with her family’s lives hanging in the balance, Glade is unsure of who to trust—and time is running out.
The Authority
When everything she’s ever known is a lie, one young woman must make a choice that could change the course of history.
Glade Io is torn between two worlds. She’s a trained killing machine—selected by the ruthless Authority to be a Datapoint, a tech-enabled agent of the state who eliminates threats to the human colonies throughout the solar system in the Culling. But her time among rogue colonists called the Ferrymen has convinced her that The Authority has far more sinister plans in store, and all the justifications they fed to her are lies. Vowing to help the rebels fight The Authority from the inside, Glade must sabotage a captured Ferryman ship that The Authority is planning to use to attack the Ferrymen stronghold.
Though Glade is drawn to the brave leader of the Ferrymen, Kupier, she has older loyalties as well. Her friend and mentor Dahn Enceladus is charismatic and ambitious, but although Glade cares for him, she can no longer trust him. Her younger sisters are also in danger of facing Datapoint testing, and now she’s being forced into an upgrade she cannot refuse. But help is about to arrive in an unlikely form: a ghost from her distant past.
The Ferrymen
Torn in two directions, Glade must make one fateful choice—for herself, and the future of humanity.
Glade Io is a rebel. Having fled with her younger sisters to live among the Ferrymen, she knows there is no going back now. She is committed to the cause of overthrowing the brutal Authority, and she trains her new comrades in the art of combating Datapoints like herself—those tasked with the Ferrymen’s destruction. Meanwhile Ferryman leader Kupier longs to travel the stars with Glade, free from constant war, but to do that he believes they must strike The Authority at its heart: the ancestral homeworld of Earth.
Glade is hesitant; she hopes taking out the Datapoints living on the Station will be enough. But when the time comes, Glade faces the specter of killing her former friends in cold blood and her former mentor, Dahn Enceladus, tells her that The Authority has eyes and ears within the rebel stronghold. Now Glade faces a dilemma: sabotage The Authority from within, or return to fight alongside the Ferrymen, possibly putting her sisters’ lives in danger.
In a solar system where The Authority decides who lives and who dies, only one of their own executioners can stop them.
Glade Io is a trained killer. Marked at a young age as an individual with violent tendencies, she was taken from her family and groomed to be a Datapoint—a biotech-enabled analyst who carries out the Culling. She is designed to identify and destroy any potential humans that threaten the colonies: those marked as lawbreakers, unproductive or sick. But when she’s kidnapped by rogue colonists known as the Ferrymen, everything Glade thinks she knows about the colonies, and The Authority that runs them, collapses into doubt.
Pulled between two opposing sides, and with her family’s lives hanging in the balance, Glade is unsure of who to trust—and time is running out.
The Authority
When everything she’s ever known is a lie, one young woman must make a choice that could change the course of history.
Glade Io is torn between two worlds. She’s a trained killing machine—selected by the ruthless Authority to be a Datapoint, a tech-enabled agent of the state who eliminates threats to the human colonies throughout the solar system in the Culling. But her time among rogue colonists called the Ferrymen has convinced her that The Authority has far more sinister plans in store, and all the justifications they fed to her are lies. Vowing to help the rebels fight The Authority from the inside, Glade must sabotage a captured Ferryman ship that The Authority is planning to use to attack the Ferrymen stronghold.
Though Glade is drawn to the brave leader of the Ferrymen, Kupier, she has older loyalties as well. Her friend and mentor Dahn Enceladus is charismatic and ambitious, but although Glade cares for him, she can no longer trust him. Her younger sisters are also in danger of facing Datapoint testing, and now she’s being forced into an upgrade she cannot refuse. But help is about to arrive in an unlikely form: a ghost from her distant past.
The Ferrymen
Torn in two directions, Glade must make one fateful choice—for herself, and the future of humanity.
Glade Io is a rebel. Having fled with her younger sisters to live among the Ferrymen, she knows there is no going back now. She is committed to the cause of overthrowing the brutal Authority, and she trains her new comrades in the art of combating Datapoints like herself—those tasked with the Ferrymen’s destruction. Meanwhile Ferryman leader Kupier longs to travel the stars with Glade, free from constant war, but to do that he believes they must strike The Authority at its heart: the ancestral homeworld of Earth.
Glade is hesitant; she hopes taking out the Datapoints living on the Station will be enough. But when the time comes, Glade faces the specter of killing her former friends in cold blood and her former mentor, Dahn Enceladus, tells her that The Authority has eyes and ears within the rebel stronghold. Now Glade faces a dilemma: sabotage The Authority from within, or return to fight alongside the Ferrymen, possibly putting her sisters’ lives in danger.
957 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 23, 2018
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About the author
Ramona Finn
25 books109 followersRamona Finn writes about courageous characters who fight to live in broken, dystopian worlds. She grew up sitting cross-legged on her town's library floor - completely engrossed in science fiction books. It was always the futuristic world or the universe-on-the-brink-of-extinction plot lines that drew her in, but it was the brave characters who chose to fight back that kept her turning the pages.
Her books create deep, intricate worlds with bold characters determined to fight for their survival in their dystopian worlds - with a little help from their friends. And, of course, romance is never out of the question...
Like young-adult dystopian books? Then you're going to love Ramona Finn's "The Glitch" -- set in a futuristic world where an Artificial Intelligence rules, Lib wakes up in a barren land with one thought lodged in her mind: "Find the Glitches".
Her books create deep, intricate worlds with bold characters determined to fight for their survival in their dystopian worlds - with a little help from their friends. And, of course, romance is never out of the question...
Like young-adult dystopian books? Then you're going to love Ramona Finn's "The Glitch" -- set in a futuristic world where an Artificial Intelligence rules, Lib wakes up in a barren land with one thought lodged in her mind: "Find the Glitches".
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March 11, 2022
I mean, it was fine. I began to get pretty bored halfway through book two. I found myself liking the world building better than the actual relationships and events. Too bad the world building basically ended after book one. The relationships were sloppy and a little under developed.
The entire series Glade was worried about her sisters, but the author did not introduce the sisters or develop them in a way that made me care about them. it was just getting annoying having to hear about them and honestly they brought absolutely nothing to the storyline. It was supposed to be the trust link between Glade and Kupier, but the author could've figured out another way to do that without including two completely useless characters.
Dahn was a little bit too emotional to be believable as being heartless and completely loyal to the Authority. Some strands of his story never fully connected and left his character development weak.
Kupier's character was well developed, and the narrator did a great job with his voice, but I was always left trying to figure out how old he was and the way the author explained his appearance was frustrating, as it was so generic. I had a hard time envisioning his appearance, which really just pulled me out of his storyline.
Great idea, minimal world development, lacking character development, decent ending.
The entire series Glade was worried about her sisters, but the author did not introduce the sisters or develop them in a way that made me care about them. it was just getting annoying having to hear about them and honestly they brought absolutely nothing to the storyline. It was supposed to be the trust link between Glade and Kupier, but the author could've figured out another way to do that without including two completely useless characters.
Dahn was a little bit too emotional to be believable as being heartless and completely loyal to the Authority. Some strands of his story never fully connected and left his character development weak.
Kupier's character was well developed, and the narrator did a great job with his voice, but I was always left trying to figure out how old he was and the way the author explained his appearance was frustrating, as it was so generic. I had a hard time envisioning his appearance, which really just pulled me out of his storyline.
Great idea, minimal world development, lacking character development, decent ending.
August 4, 2021
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
A true dystopian series. It amazes me how the main plot lines of dystopian novels can be predictable but the actual story and events and worlds that are created are magical.
A space exploration where kids are selected to the executioners and their tech is the judge and jury. Many things can be accomplished through technology. Things that are good and evil in nature. It all depends on who is in charge and what their motives are.
I have read a few dystopian series and I enjoyed this one just as much as them.
I also really enjoyed the emotional aspect of the book and how data points are chosen because of their “lack of emotions”. Which glade figures out it’s not because they don’t have emotions. Their emotions are just wrapped up so deep that they don’t know them nor how to use them.
Finding love and understanding the different kinds of love was a wonderful exploration into the many decisions that glade has to make.
It you liked the hunger games, or maze runner, or other dystopian type series you will enjoy the adventure in this series.
A true dystopian series. It amazes me how the main plot lines of dystopian novels can be predictable but the actual story and events and worlds that are created are magical.
A space exploration where kids are selected to the executioners and their tech is the judge and jury. Many things can be accomplished through technology. Things that are good and evil in nature. It all depends on who is in charge and what their motives are.
I have read a few dystopian series and I enjoyed this one just as much as them.
I also really enjoyed the emotional aspect of the book and how data points are chosen because of their “lack of emotions”. Which glade figures out it’s not because they don’t have emotions. Their emotions are just wrapped up so deep that they don’t know them nor how to use them.
Finding love and understanding the different kinds of love was a wonderful exploration into the many decisions that glade has to make.
It you liked the hunger games, or maze runner, or other dystopian type series you will enjoy the adventure in this series.
November 18, 2021
Loved it!
I read that this book was compared to The Hunger Games, but in space. Earth was destroyed and everyone moved to different moons or planets. The government controlled the population by culling/ killing those they felt were unworthy. Bad, evil, corrupt government that brainwashed and killed their citizens. I enjoyed the ride. There is one question unanswered that bugs me and why 4 stars. It kept referring to Glades bum leg, but never said why or how it was a problem AND she was a strong warrior who could fight. It just didn't make any sense. Good ending that wrapped up fairly quick. No cliffhanger, Full novel.
I read that this book was compared to The Hunger Games, but in space. Earth was destroyed and everyone moved to different moons or planets. The government controlled the population by culling/ killing those they felt were unworthy. Bad, evil, corrupt government that brainwashed and killed their citizens. I enjoyed the ride. There is one question unanswered that bugs me and why 4 stars. It kept referring to Glades bum leg, but never said why or how it was a problem AND she was a strong warrior who could fight. It just didn't make any sense. Good ending that wrapped up fairly quick. No cliffhanger, Full novel.
November 23, 2020
I really enjoyed this a lot. The characters seem real. While it does have the typical ‘chosen one’ she’s not also the most beautiful girl anyone has ever seen and she’s not a typical girl either.
I love all the worlds created and the tech.
Narration by Stacey Glemboski was excellent.
I will definitely look for more by this author and narrator.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review
I love all the worlds created and the tech.
Narration by Stacey Glemboski was excellent.
I will definitely look for more by this author and narrator.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review
January 17, 2020
Glitches
Interesting beginning and seems like a good book I’m going to enjoy reading this I believe, can’t wait to start it!
Interesting beginning and seems like a good book I’m going to enjoy reading this I believe, can’t wait to start it!
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