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The Coming Future
Living in a crystal city on a flat world, Aalok Collins is an ordinary boy living in an extraordinary place. But Aalok fears that he is a little too ordinary.
All Aalok cares about, besides playing domeball, and, much to his surprise, girls, is his final exam which will determine whether or not he can move on to the Academy next year, or whether he is forced into slavery or exile. But as he waits on nature to develop within him the powers, or anima that all in his clan possess, he is haunted by dreams of an imminent tragedy.
As he begins exploring the meaning of his dreams, Aalok encounters a plot to take control of an ancient artifact which could change the base of power in the city of Sherendot, and possibly throughout the 'owr clan.
All Aalok cares about, besides playing domeball, and, much to his surprise, girls, is his final exam which will determine whether or not he can move on to the Academy next year, or whether he is forced into slavery or exile. But as he waits on nature to develop within him the powers, or anima that all in his clan possess, he is haunted by dreams of an imminent tragedy.
As he begins exploring the meaning of his dreams, Aalok encounters a plot to take control of an ancient artifact which could change the base of power in the city of Sherendot, and possibly throughout the 'owr clan.
289 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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July 23, 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend The Coming Future, which surprised me somewhat as I don’t read a lot of YA books. But the world of the Crystal City is fantastic and the action and characters are intriguing. Aalok is the main teen protagonist and I enjoyed seeing him balance his growing powers with girls, friends and perceived foes. He is helped by some fascinating human and animal characters as he uncovers a plot that could threaten the Crystal City. I’m hoping that there will be more adventures of Aalok and his friends in future Coming Future books!
August 31, 2017
I had a long time not reading a book with this literary genre, it was a great success to read it, I had not felt like a little submerged in an adventure (since my first love Harry Potter) fascinated me the universe that writers created, narrative me Allowed me to immerse myself and feel part of the story, part of the adventure and the experience of the characters. He reiterated the universe they created literally, I almost blew my head (in the good sense of the word) wow if you doubt this book be in my Top 10 favorite books of the year and recommend.
November 29, 2018
The Coming Future by Glenn Turner and Angel Torres is a sci-fi/fantasy/dystopianish story about a boy named Aalok Collins, and (to summarize the plot simply) his life during his last year of schooling as he tries to summon his 'owr, an ability that his people possess.
I'll start with what I didn't like first. The plot doesn't flow smoothly. It's rather rough and weird to follow along with at times. The pacing was off as well; it isn't consistent, and the attempt for the slow-start-off, but rapid climax and tensions doesn't work as well as it could've. The characters could've used more development than they were given. There are certain scenes at the end of the book that would've made more sense if the characters had been given more development.
The Prime Minister's wife didn't really play a major role in the story, and neither did the Prime Minister, and I'm a little sad. They had some great potential going on.
There are also some terms that were hard to keep straight for me, and I would've liked some more explanation on, like the differences of and how exactly the 'owr, ma'owr, and anima work. Is anima just another word for someone's soul? And what was that whole thing with the
The last thing I'm going to pick on is the transitions from someone speaking to the scene. They were a little awkward, but I do understand that this is something rather hard to do (I do think it should've been edited).
What did I like about this story?
1) Aalok is a great main character. His personality comes through clearly, and he is fun to root for. I thought his relationships were realistically written, although I'm sad to see that he and Lenci didn't have as many scenes together as he and Venus did.
2) The universe. I love, love, love the whole idea of the elements and the clans. I especially really like how there isn't just one city or state for one clan, and the societal hierarchy was interesting to read about and introduced really well.
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4) I loved reading the descriptions of the places that Aalok went to! While they did bog the plot down a bit, as the story is supposed to be fast-moving (I think), I enjoyed reading them. It helped me to imagine the world in my head a lot easier.
5) Lenci. I loved Lenci. She was totally fantastic . Her character, her whole family thing, her relationship with Aalok; yes, 10/10 love.
On the whole, I would recommend this book! I enjoyed reading it, and it was fun. They were things that I wasn't a fan of, and should've been fixed, but there is a glimmer of diamond in there under all that coal.
I'll start with what I didn't like first. The plot doesn't flow smoothly. It's rather rough and weird to follow along with at times. The pacing was off as well; it isn't consistent, and the attempt for the slow-start-off, but rapid climax and tensions doesn't work as well as it could've. The characters could've used more development than they were given. There are certain scenes at the end of the book that would've made more sense if the characters had been given more development.
The Prime Minister's wife didn't really play a major role in the story, and neither did the Prime Minister, and I'm a little sad. They had some great potential going on.
There are also some terms that were hard to keep straight for me, and I would've liked some more explanation on, like the differences of and how exactly the 'owr, ma'owr, and anima work. Is anima just another word for someone's soul? And what was that whole thing with the
The last thing I'm going to pick on is the transitions from someone speaking to the scene. They were a little awkward, but I do understand that this is something rather hard to do (I do think it should've been edited).
What did I like about this story?
1) Aalok is a great main character. His personality comes through clearly, and he is fun to root for. I thought his relationships were realistically written, although I'm sad to see that he and Lenci didn't have as many scenes together as he and Venus did.
2) The universe. I love, love, love the whole idea of the elements and the clans. I especially really like how there isn't just one city or state for one clan, and the societal hierarchy was interesting to read about and introduced really well.
3)
4) I loved reading the descriptions of the places that Aalok went to! While they did bog the plot down a bit, as the story is supposed to be fast-moving (I think), I enjoyed reading them. It helped me to imagine the world in my head a lot easier.
5) Lenci. I loved Lenci. She was totally fantastic . Her character, her whole family thing, her relationship with Aalok; yes, 10/10 love.
On the whole, I would recommend this book! I enjoyed reading it, and it was fun. They were things that I wasn't a fan of, and should've been fixed, but there is a glimmer of diamond in there under all that coal.
October 26, 2017
This is the story of Aalok Collins who is in his second and final year of school and has to enter the Academy.
The plot is there, simple but nice, the basic idea of the world the authors built was not bad.
But although all the right elements are there it was slow and boring. You can figure out the main plot from the very first pages - no prognostication anima needed - so it is a little insipid.
I struggled to get through it all and I don't think it was worth it.
The writing was not fluid and I found the language of the kids a bit awkward at times, too constructed, and the dialogues dragging at times.
Overall I did not enjoy the book, as I said I forced myself through it, I do hope the second book gets better but I don't really think I'll be ready to witness it.
The plot is there, simple but nice, the basic idea of the world the authors built was not bad.
But although all the right elements are there it was slow and boring. You can figure out the main plot from the very first pages - no prognostication anima needed - so it is a little insipid.
I struggled to get through it all and I don't think it was worth it.
The writing was not fluid and I found the language of the kids a bit awkward at times, too constructed, and the dialogues dragging at times.
Overall I did not enjoy the book, as I said I forced myself through it, I do hope the second book gets better but I don't really think I'll be ready to witness it.
August 24, 2018
I'm sure this is great if YA is your thing. Unfortunately I bought it expecting a lot more sci-fi, and when I got a third of the way through the book and basically nothing had happened that didn't happen to me in middle school, I got bored. The setting was an intriguing aesthetic, but aesthetic can't carry a book on its own. The prologue promises some kind of big, world-saving plot, but I felt like I'd gotten maybe two hints of it by the time I stopped? It just was taking way too long to get here. I also felt that, as is often the case with self-pub, it could have done with more editing. There was nothing openly wrong, it was proofread, but it had a lot of spots where a good editor could have cut ten words down to two, which is pretty common with self-pubbed books.
November 8, 2017
Loved this one so much. The characters are so well written and evolving in a universe I just can't wait to get back to. There everything to love about this : strange animals, a badass girl, an awkward main character, a wonderful world that you just want to get lost in, powers, plot twists a very interesting plot and amazing cliffhangers. Would recommend a 100 times ! The Coming Future is m my favorite read of the summer.
April 9, 2019
The Coming Future is full of imagination and suspense. This book is very creative and interesting and makes you want to keep reading. The authors have done a wonderful job creating this book!!
Try this book, you'll like it. 👌
Try this book, you'll like it. 👌
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