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The Transcendent Trilogy #1
Travelers
After their costly victory over President Krug and the Patriot Army, Kress and her Conspiracy travel to London, fight their way through the ruins of Paris, and plunge into the heart of Spain as they race to track down a mythical pair of twins who are rumored to have the unique ability to enter the world of dreams.
Pursued by a bounty hunter named Noxia and opposed by an underground team of criminal techno-geneticists, Kress and her friends embark on a deadly quest that makes their previous adventures look like a summer vacation.
Travelers is Book 1 of the Transcendent Trilogy in the Conspiracy Series, and picks up where the Resistance Trilogy and Emergents Trilogy leave off.
Pursued by a bounty hunter named Noxia and opposed by an underground team of criminal techno-geneticists, Kress and her friends embark on a deadly quest that makes their previous adventures look like a summer vacation.
Travelers is Book 1 of the Transcendent Trilogy in the Conspiracy Series, and picks up where the Resistance Trilogy and Emergents Trilogy leave off.
348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2020
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K.A. Riley
65 books550 followersK. A. Riley is a writer of speculative and science fiction, dedicated to creating worlds just different enough from our own to be entertaining, intriguing and a little frightening all at once. For Riley, writing isn't a job. It's a laboratory where readers can wander into a land of ideas; it's a playground where they can scamper around, giggling, gasping, and freaking out to their hearts' content.
Riley is the top-secret pen-name of a NYT and USA Today best-selling author.
Riley is the top-secret pen-name of a NYT and USA Today best-selling author.
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September 24, 2020
Loved
I loved the first series of Kress and her friends. These are great books for younger teens who enjoy the dystopian world.
I loved the first series of Kress and her friends. These are great books for younger teens who enjoy the dystopian world.
June 5, 2022
It was nice meeting new characters!
September 7, 2020
Awesome
... of course, soooo ooo many questions unanswered lol.. I suck at reviews, lets just say I love this series!
... of course, soooo ooo many questions unanswered lol.. I suck at reviews, lets just say I love this series!
November 16, 2020
The Transcendent Trilogy Book 1 ( follow up to The Resistance and The Emergents trilogies ).
Kress and her Conspiracy travel to London, to find and save the other Emergents.
This was a really entertaining instalment of the Conspiracy ennealogy.
It was fast-paced and gripping, and it had me racing through it.
I loved the reference to Jim Henson's Labyrinth, and I was pleased that the story was set in London.
However, I found some aspects of the plot ridiculous; the characters were just kids playing kings and knights...
And what was with those names; Bob's-ye-Uncle, Lost The Plot, All-to-Pot etc ??
Putting that aside, however, I really enjoyed it, and I can't wait to move onto the next book.
Kress and her Conspiracy travel to London, to find and save the other Emergents.
This was a really entertaining instalment of the Conspiracy ennealogy.
It was fast-paced and gripping, and it had me racing through it.
I loved the reference to Jim Henson's Labyrinth, and I was pleased that the story was set in London.
However, I found some aspects of the plot ridiculous; the characters were just kids playing kings and knights...
And what was with those names; Bob's-ye-Uncle, Lost The Plot, All-to-Pot etc ??
Putting that aside, however, I really enjoyed it, and I can't wait to move onto the next book.
July 9, 2020
Creative stories
I love these books! So unpredictable just like it really would be if we had a world changing event. I can't wait for the next one.
I love these books! So unpredictable just like it really would be if we had a world changing event. I can't wait for the next one.
March 10, 2024
I wasn’t sure if I was going to continue this series or not, but here I am. This book starts off with a literal bang and the whole thing is an action-packed 24-hours, basically. We’re briefly introduced to the Devoted/True Blues who want to go back to a government ruled by brutality that the rest of the country barely survived. We’re reminded that Krug didn’t create fear or ignorance, which have been around forever, he only invented an invisible enemy. The other enemy is “regular people who are scared about the future and terrified that freedom and the equality for everyone represents a threat to their chance of supremacy.” Krug created, or otherwise discovered, Emergents and attempted to control human evolution. More importantly, wars don’t end just because one side won.
The Conspiracy is in London now, looking for more Emergents. It seems the UK used the same “Eastern Order” but possibly spread viruses to cull the population and blame it on Emergents so they could take them into holding without any push back. At least that’s what I took away from it. The new Royal Fort Knights hoard all the wealth and power to “prevent fighting” and the Hyde Park Banter kids get protection in return, unless they’re kidnapped as payment. Very manipulative.
Then there’s the continued underlying story. I still don’t fully understand the sub plot, but I like the package it’s wrapped in, if that makes sense. Now I think we’re talking about dreams and universes and time travel. We meet Branwynne who isn’t an Emergent, but she things, yet never spells it out “It just might not be the now you know.” Like Cardyn said “great, more riddles.”
The are new Hypnagogics too that can manipulate dreams, but not the ones when you sleep, the ones in your heart, like your wishes and desires. We’re introduced to two new Emergents, Lucid and Reverie, whom the Conspiracy save, but then they’re immediately taken back to DC with Granden and we have no idea what additional tests have been run on them the last 3 years, or even what their abilities are. The twins are also from Boston and have tattoos like Kress’s, which are the keys to Lyfelyte, the space between waking and dreaming. Branwynne can also speak raven? They enter the space between universes? There’s floating orbs which are “possibilities“ and the mind is a participant of the universe and sometimes it can be the creator? I know, I’m just as confused. This was better than the last one because of the action, so we’ll see where the next one goes. Hopefully towards some answers. The story is good, maybe a little muddy and complicated, and it lacks answers, but I keep reading because I like the action. Or because Kress seems just as confused about all of it as I do.
The Conspiracy is in London now, looking for more Emergents. It seems the UK used the same “Eastern Order” but possibly spread viruses to cull the population and blame it on Emergents so they could take them into holding without any push back. At least that’s what I took away from it. The new Royal Fort Knights hoard all the wealth and power to “prevent fighting” and the Hyde Park Banter kids get protection in return, unless they’re kidnapped as payment. Very manipulative.
Then there’s the continued underlying story. I still don’t fully understand the sub plot, but I like the package it’s wrapped in, if that makes sense. Now I think we’re talking about dreams and universes and time travel. We meet Branwynne who isn’t an Emergent, but she things, yet never spells it out “It just might not be the now you know.” Like Cardyn said “great, more riddles.”
The are new Hypnagogics too that can manipulate dreams, but not the ones when you sleep, the ones in your heart, like your wishes and desires. We’re introduced to two new Emergents, Lucid and Reverie, whom the Conspiracy save, but then they’re immediately taken back to DC with Granden and we have no idea what additional tests have been run on them the last 3 years, or even what their abilities are. The twins are also from Boston and have tattoos like Kress’s, which are the keys to Lyfelyte, the space between waking and dreaming. Branwynne can also speak raven? They enter the space between universes? There’s floating orbs which are “possibilities“ and the mind is a participant of the universe and sometimes it can be the creator? I know, I’m just as confused. This was better than the last one because of the action, so we’ll see where the next one goes. Hopefully towards some answers. The story is good, maybe a little muddy and complicated, and it lacks answers, but I keep reading because I like the action. Or because Kress seems just as confused about all of it as I do.
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June 9, 2023
Travelers
I have so many questions. I feel like some of the things that NEED detailed explanations fall short in this book, and I’m just hoping we get these explanations in the coming books.
That being said, I’m a big fan of K.A. Riley and those entire series!! Great characters and exciting plot lines. The woman knows how to write a complicated plot twist! However, I find myself not quite fulfilled at the end of this one. Without sharing any spoilers, I keep coming to the question “HOW?!?” And I REALLY hope there’s a detailed explanation coming up in the next book! Happy reading!
(FYI: this is a PG/mild PG-13 book - maybe some descriptive fight scenes, but really, nothing that I would feel I couldn’t read to like a 12+ year old. No swearing or inappropriate mature content at all! Enjoy!)
I have so many questions. I feel like some of the things that NEED detailed explanations fall short in this book, and I’m just hoping we get these explanations in the coming books.
That being said, I’m a big fan of K.A. Riley and those entire series!! Great characters and exciting plot lines. The woman knows how to write a complicated plot twist! However, I find myself not quite fulfilled at the end of this one. Without sharing any spoilers, I keep coming to the question “HOW?!?” And I REALLY hope there’s a detailed explanation coming up in the next book! Happy reading!
(FYI: this is a PG/mild PG-13 book - maybe some descriptive fight scenes, but really, nothing that I would feel I couldn’t read to like a 12+ year old. No swearing or inappropriate mature content at all! Enjoy!)
January 30, 2024
Fly Away in Different Places
The character is on an airplane. His airplane broke down. When his plane passed through, there was a loud noise in his ear. His ear started to hurt and he couldn't hear. The wheel of the plane shows a light when it’s lying on the ground. This sounds scary.
The female character in the story gets together with a group. The group and the woman met at the office. They want to talk to each other. The woman goes to a private room with the group. She looks out the window and sees different offices. The buildings were big.
This was after the war. She probably is in the Air Force. This book has two characters telling their stories. The same building she is at has stairs. The building is big. Inside the building, there isn’t much light. It looks scary. These people from the story are going to different places.
The character is on an airplane. His airplane broke down. When his plane passed through, there was a loud noise in his ear. His ear started to hurt and he couldn't hear. The wheel of the plane shows a light when it’s lying on the ground. This sounds scary.
The female character in the story gets together with a group. The group and the woman met at the office. They want to talk to each other. The woman goes to a private room with the group. She looks out the window and sees different offices. The buildings were big.
This was after the war. She probably is in the Air Force. This book has two characters telling their stories. The same building she is at has stairs. The building is big. Inside the building, there isn’t much light. It looks scary. These people from the story are going to different places.
June 10, 2022
Maybe a 3.5. See my review.
K. A. Riley takes us on a completely different journey in this book, the first of the last three in the ennealogy.
Kress and her Conspiracy have journeyed to London to find answers. The group has one mission, and Kress and Brohn, have another they have not shared.
I got bored with the details describing London and all the surrounding areas, the history in such, but that is true in most novels.
There continues to be some good surprises and the story is not dull.
I am eager to see how the series will wrap up in the next two books, as I feel there are still so many u answered questions, especially with the introduction of some new characters who I believe are entwined with Kress and her Conspiracy.
June 15, 2024
The way the British accent is written makes it quite hard to read (and frankly the way it’s written makes it hard to understand what’s being said sometimes - not an accent I’ve really heard living in England myself but I think it was for the effect that the characters coming from America wouldn’t understand as well, but still, annoying).
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September 30, 2021Another awesome, crazy, exciting read !
Just love these stories ! This group has had more action in a few weeks than I have my whole life ! Excellent writing ! Highly recommend this series !!
Just love these stories ! This group has had more action in a few weeks than I have my whole life ! Excellent writing ! Highly recommend this series !!
November 26, 2022
Action Packed & Emotional Dystopian Beauty!!:-)
SOOO many unknowns and LOTS of action!! Also….we learn more about secrets, love, relationships and ourselves!! The writing is captivating and has so much beauty!!:-). Looking forward to reading the next one!!:-)
SOOO many unknowns and LOTS of action!! Also….we learn more about secrets, love, relationships and ourselves!! The writing is captivating and has so much beauty!!:-). Looking forward to reading the next one!!:-)
March 27, 2024
Entertaining for the most part. The thing about this series I dislike is how it doesn’t seem to flow right. Some parts are really entertaining while others just seem like fillers and really boring. Also, I find myself not really appreciating the gaps in knowledge and explanation in things.
January 28, 2021
Travelers
This book keeps ones attention from the beginning to the end of the bookvery interesting plot, with a few twists!
This book keeps ones attention from the beginning to the end of the bookvery interesting plot, with a few twists!
February 26, 2021
Great read!
This book is awesome. The story is amazing and interesting through and through. Very enjoyable! I would recommend this to just about anyone!
This book is awesome. The story is amazing and interesting through and through. Very enjoyable! I would recommend this to just about anyone!
June 22, 2021
Great ending!
Once again it took until the last few chapters for something great to happen.
Onto the next book to see how Kress and her friends find their way..
Once again it took until the last few chapters for something great to happen.
Onto the next book to see how Kress and her friends find their way..
March 2, 2022
great series- takes you to another “world” .
great series- takes you to another “world” & reminds you to be mindful of all things we take for granted.
great series- takes you to another “world” & reminds you to be mindful of all things we take for granted.
April 1, 2022
Yay!!!!!
Holy moly, what an action packed book. I still think that there should have been more with the hawkers and the ghost like children from the beginning of the book
Holy moly, what an action packed book. I still think that there should have been more with the hawkers and the ghost like children from the beginning of the book
May 13, 2023
Very well written as usual, and there is some humor in this book as well.
June 17, 2023
On to book 8
August 10, 2023
It was okay. could be better. it felt like plot points were thrown in there for no reason and with not build up. like oh yeah this happened. it took me forever to read
May 8, 2024
3.75
the action was entertaining but the info dumping was too much at times
the action was entertaining but the info dumping was too much at times
July 20, 2020
I really wanted to like this book, but it was almost painful to read. It made no sense at all. First, the role the bounty hunter played and the twins was so minimal I don’t know why it was even mentioned in the synopsis. Why was the bounty hunter even in the book? Seriously, she could have grabbed the “Conspiracy” at any time, like when they were locked in a cell, or controlled Brohn. Why did they have to give up their weapons and why were they so okay with it? Thinking they could have been concealed under all the clothes they had to change into. Kids are kept in a dungeon and starved, each has killed the other side, but all is forgiven? Huh? The bulk was spent fighting the stupid “Knights” that were also a bunch of kids and the supposed mission to get the twins was like 2 seconds and super easy. If the whole whole walking in the dream realm when they should have been fleeing the people supposedly chasing them after the escape, and that is how they brought Manthy back...how is she already on the flight to meet them when they get back. Or, is that not what they were doing and it was more like the twins saying "Look what we can do". I don't get it.
There were so many corny names and silly riddles. I loved the first trilogy, the second was okay, but it seems to keep getting epically worse.
There were so many corny names and silly riddles. I loved the first trilogy, the second was okay, but it seems to keep getting epically worse.
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February 20, 2022
Ok, so, overall I did enjoy the book, though certain areas are becoming very repetitive. My biggest difficulty was the incredibly silly names for the UK characters. I feel it’s taken an idea non Brit’s have about the UK, and ramped it up thousand fold. Despite this, I shall continue to enjoy the series, and head on over to book 8 (or 2).
April 22, 2022
I thought this book was pretty good but it didn't make any sense and it had to much random information to keep up with, I thought the previous trilogies were much better but the book was still fine.
August 21, 2021
Good but….
So I have read all the previous books and this one just seemed to stay with the same plots as the previous books.
So I have read all the previous books and this one just seemed to stay with the same plots as the previous books.
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