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The Dark Intercept #3
Dark Star Calling
Julia Keller's Dark Star Calling is the third and final book in the Dark Intercept Trilogy, a high-concept YA science fiction saga.
Out in the observatory, protruding from the vast gap in the roof, was the giant telescope. It stared unblinkingly into the night sky, its gaze peering deep into the wilderness of stars. Somewhere within that wilderness was the single star Rez was determined to find.
New Earth, 2297. A year after the resurrection of a universal surveillance system called the Intercept, New Earth is collapsing. Humanity is depending on a group of five friends to find them all a new home.
Humanity's fate rests in the hands of Violet Crowley, a headstrong rebel and former detective turned hopelessly mediocre politician; Shura Lu, scientific genius and magnificently gifted artist; Kendall Mayhew, New Earth's Chief of Police; Tin Man Tolliver, Kendall's top deputy; and Steven J. Reznik, aka Rez, NESA Director and Chief Technologist.
Together they discovered their utopian home is on an unstoppable collision course with Earth. Together they look to the stars to find a world suitable for human life and what they find there--or rather who--will change them all forever.
Out in the observatory, protruding from the vast gap in the roof, was the giant telescope. It stared unblinkingly into the night sky, its gaze peering deep into the wilderness of stars. Somewhere within that wilderness was the single star Rez was determined to find.
New Earth, 2297. A year after the resurrection of a universal surveillance system called the Intercept, New Earth is collapsing. Humanity is depending on a group of five friends to find them all a new home.
Humanity's fate rests in the hands of Violet Crowley, a headstrong rebel and former detective turned hopelessly mediocre politician; Shura Lu, scientific genius and magnificently gifted artist; Kendall Mayhew, New Earth's Chief of Police; Tin Man Tolliver, Kendall's top deputy; and Steven J. Reznik, aka Rez, NESA Director and Chief Technologist.
Together they discovered their utopian home is on an unstoppable collision course with Earth. Together they look to the stars to find a world suitable for human life and what they find there--or rather who--will change them all forever.
272 pages, Unknown Binding
First published November 12, 2019
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About the author
Julia Keller
29 books482 followersJulia was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. She graduated from Marshall University, then later earned a doctoral degree in English Literature at Ohio State University.
She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and has taught at Princeton and Ohio State Universities, and the University of Notre Dame. She is a guest essayist on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and has been a contributor on CNN and NBC Nightly News. In 2005, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Julia lives in a high-rise in Chicago and a stone cottage on a lake in rural Ohio.
She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and has taught at Princeton and Ohio State Universities, and the University of Notre Dame. She is a guest essayist on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and has been a contributor on CNN and NBC Nightly News. In 2005, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Julia lives in a high-rise in Chicago and a stone cottage on a lake in rural Ohio.
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October 10, 2019
The first book in this series, The Dark Intercept, is a solid YA dystopia. It has a cool concept, and the story is fun. The main character, Violet, is relatable and enjoyable to read about. Nothing earth-shattering, but overall, a fun read.
The second book, Dark Mind Rising, I found actually a bit better than the first. Although some of the plot points were predictable, I enjoyed the element of suspense in this one, as well as some of the darker scenes. This one was certainly darker than the first one, and I think it worked very well.
Now we come to the third one, Dark Star Calling. I honestly didn't like this one much at all. I still like the character of Violet, as well as many of the supporting characters, but I found the plot of this one really went off the rails. I felt like there just wasn't enough material here to make a trilogy, so the author had to come up with something to write a third book about that really was fairly unrelated to the first two, and honestly made very little sense. I could tell that some parts were meant to be very dramatic, but I just didn't feel it since I wasn't made to care particularly about what was happening. Overall, an extremely disappointing ending to what was otherwise a fun trilogy.
The second book, Dark Mind Rising, I found actually a bit better than the first. Although some of the plot points were predictable, I enjoyed the element of suspense in this one, as well as some of the darker scenes. This one was certainly darker than the first one, and I think it worked very well.
Now we come to the third one, Dark Star Calling. I honestly didn't like this one much at all. I still like the character of Violet, as well as many of the supporting characters, but I found the plot of this one really went off the rails. I felt like there just wasn't enough material here to make a trilogy, so the author had to come up with something to write a third book about that really was fairly unrelated to the first two, and honestly made very little sense. I could tell that some parts were meant to be very dramatic, but I just didn't feel it since I wasn't made to care particularly about what was happening. Overall, an extremely disappointing ending to what was otherwise a fun trilogy.
June 29, 2020
This book wasn't as good as the rest it was slow pace and it felt like they just need something to continue on the trilogy I love the 1st 2 books this one was OK and the ending was at least some closure.
October 31, 2022
Didn't finish. Realized it was a teen novel which I was coming to that conclusion.
Abandoned it and moved on
Abandoned it and moved on
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