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Children of the Apocalypse #2
The Immortal
Note: This was a free, serialized story collected into multiple volumes (intended to be the second of five), still available for download on the author's website.
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The girls have survived the fight of their lives, but aren’t without scars. Genevieve must deal with the magicks she preformed to save everyone, as well as the fact that Michael almost let her die; Sage must face the grief and guilt surrounding a loved one’s death; and Merri’s past is rapidly closing in. Worse still, Michael has been keeping secrets about their origins, destiny, and the fact that they may not be the only Children of the Apocalypse after all...
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The girls have survived the fight of their lives, but aren’t without scars. Genevieve must deal with the magicks she preformed to save everyone, as well as the fact that Michael almost let her die; Sage must face the grief and guilt surrounding a loved one’s death; and Merri’s past is rapidly closing in. Worse still, Michael has been keeping secrets about their origins, destiny, and the fact that they may not be the only Children of the Apocalypse after all...
348 pages, ebook
First published October 30, 2008
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53 people want to read
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Skyla Dawn Cameron
59 books188 followersFriend Requests: I am really happy to accept new friends, however there is a challenge question. I realize it sounds bitchy, but I don't like author spam any more than any other reader. I ignore requests that don't respond to the challenge question (unless I *actually* know you in some capacity).
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Award-winning author Skyla Dawn Cameron has been writing approximately forever. Her early storytelling days were spent acting out strange horror/fairy tales with the help of her many dolls, and little has changed except that she now keeps those stories on paper. She signed her first book contract at age twenty-one for River, a unique werewolf tale, which was released to critical and reader praise alike and won her the 2007 EPPIE Award for Best Fantasy. She now has multiple series on the go to keep her busy, which is great for her attention deficit disorder.
Skyla lives in Southern Ontario where she dabbles in art, is an avid gamer, and watches Buffy reruns. She’s naturally brunette, occasionally a redhead, and currently blonde. If she ever becomes a grown-up, she wants to run her own pub, as well as become world dictator. You can visit her on the web at www.skyladawncameron.com for free fiction, book news, a community forum, and tons of other totally awesome stuff.
Info about the current series she's working on--which begins with Bloodlines--can be found at www.ZaraLain.com
Please don't spam me with invitations to read your book. Thanks.
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Award-winning author Skyla Dawn Cameron has been writing approximately forever. Her early storytelling days were spent acting out strange horror/fairy tales with the help of her many dolls, and little has changed except that she now keeps those stories on paper. She signed her first book contract at age twenty-one for River, a unique werewolf tale, which was released to critical and reader praise alike and won her the 2007 EPPIE Award for Best Fantasy. She now has multiple series on the go to keep her busy, which is great for her attention deficit disorder.
Skyla lives in Southern Ontario where she dabbles in art, is an avid gamer, and watches Buffy reruns. She’s naturally brunette, occasionally a redhead, and currently blonde. If she ever becomes a grown-up, she wants to run her own pub, as well as become world dictator. You can visit her on the web at www.skyladawncameron.com for free fiction, book news, a community forum, and tons of other totally awesome stuff.
Info about the current series she's working on--which begins with Bloodlines--can be found at www.ZaraLain.com
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June 17, 2009
When the thought occurred to me, a couple of years ago now, to scour the internet in search of what sort of free reading materials were out there that could quench my need for a good story, I hadn’t had particularly high hopes of finding anything spectacular. “Who on earth with any skill would have their work free online?” I had asked myself. I knew of many wonderful fan fictions, of course, but that wasn’t what I wanted. I wanted something new, something entirely original,
something that didn’t make me feel guilty getting attached to.
Eventually I did find my way to many interesting online novels (or rather serials, as they generally are) but very, very few ever really managed to successfully trip my trigger. No matter what my writing sometimes suggests, I actually am aware of how spelling and grammar are supposed to work, how plots are supposed to flow, what makes a twist predictable and what doesn’t, and many, many stories online, for one of these reasons or another, eventually lost my interest over time.
Skyla Dawn Cameron’s Children of the Apocalypse series, however, has had me glued like an addict since I first came across it. Her writing style is wonderfully intelligent and well thought out for someone who offers so much of her work for free, and her characters are well rounded, with personality and depth that even some of the most published and popular authors have never managed to pull off (I’m looking at you, Meyer). What’s more fun than her skill at formulating these “real” characters however, is Cameron’s ability to weave them into a plot you just can’t tear yourself out of, with wonderfully refreshing twists that actually surprise, mystery that remains just that until the big reveal comes, and enough intrigue to make sure it’s always worth coming back for more. While this book is available for money on the physical plane, the fact that Skyla offers it to her readers for free online just makes it, and her, even more impressive to me in the end.
something that didn’t make me feel guilty getting attached to.
Eventually I did find my way to many interesting online novels (or rather serials, as they generally are) but very, very few ever really managed to successfully trip my trigger. No matter what my writing sometimes suggests, I actually am aware of how spelling and grammar are supposed to work, how plots are supposed to flow, what makes a twist predictable and what doesn’t, and many, many stories online, for one of these reasons or another, eventually lost my interest over time.
Skyla Dawn Cameron’s Children of the Apocalypse series, however, has had me glued like an addict since I first came across it. Her writing style is wonderfully intelligent and well thought out for someone who offers so much of her work for free, and her characters are well rounded, with personality and depth that even some of the most published and popular authors have never managed to pull off (I’m looking at you, Meyer). What’s more fun than her skill at formulating these “real” characters however, is Cameron’s ability to weave them into a plot you just can’t tear yourself out of, with wonderfully refreshing twists that actually surprise, mystery that remains just that until the big reveal comes, and enough intrigue to make sure it’s always worth coming back for more. While this book is available for money on the physical plane, the fact that Skyla offers it to her readers for free online just makes it, and her, even more impressive to me in the end.
September 22, 2009
Children of the Apocalypse is a great read so far, it is in short a pre-apocalypse story. The story follows 3 special girls with powers and one bastard of a mentor whose job it is to save the world. The “bad guys” are mysterious and varied and not everything is what it seems.
What I like about it: The story progresses smoothly without the perspective confusion that you find in stories that follow more then one main character. The characters develop nicely and the author stays true to the characters’ characteristics, there is never a question as to why a character did what they did. The overall plot is engaging with enough sub-plots and twists that keep the story interesting. The story never seems drawn out and stale, it always feels fresh. The character’s may have special powers however the story revolves more around the characters themselves and how they interact then their wham-bam powers (wham-bam is a technical term ). The chapter length is nice and long, no tid-bits here and there.
What I don’t care for: I would love to see this updated more frequently then once a month, but understand that, that is probably not feasible with the chapter length and the author’s other work (Curio Killed the Cat). The new 50 point system, a user must register and acquire 50 points (from commenting, donating, reviewing etc.) in order to read new chapters (old chapters are available for free until Part III Chap 8) while I can understand where the author is coming from and some of the problems they encountered, I would like to see a better way of doing this, maybe some type of yearly subscription service.
If you are looking for an engaging web-serial check this out or the author’s other works, the complete list can be found here: http://www.skyladawncameron.com/books.
What I like about it: The story progresses smoothly without the perspective confusion that you find in stories that follow more then one main character. The characters develop nicely and the author stays true to the characters’ characteristics, there is never a question as to why a character did what they did. The overall plot is engaging with enough sub-plots and twists that keep the story interesting. The story never seems drawn out and stale, it always feels fresh. The character’s may have special powers however the story revolves more around the characters themselves and how they interact then their wham-bam powers (wham-bam is a technical term ). The chapter length is nice and long, no tid-bits here and there.
What I don’t care for: I would love to see this updated more frequently then once a month, but understand that, that is probably not feasible with the chapter length and the author’s other work (Curio Killed the Cat). The new 50 point system, a user must register and acquire 50 points (from commenting, donating, reviewing etc.) in order to read new chapters (old chapters are available for free until Part III Chap 8) while I can understand where the author is coming from and some of the problems they encountered, I would like to see a better way of doing this, maybe some type of yearly subscription service.
If you are looking for an engaging web-serial check this out or the author’s other works, the complete list can be found here: http://www.skyladawncameron.com/books.
April 17, 2012
This book surprised me. Seeing as how the first book in the series was good but not stellar I expected this series to go downhill quick...but this book's quality is on par with the first book of the series. I was looking forward to reading the third book in the series...but it seems like I'll only have access to the first half or so seeing as how it is not published as a hard copy anywhere and I can't find where the author has the rest of it up online!
February 3, 2009
Interesting sequel to Part 1. It's nice to see the girls slowly becoming used to their powers, and meeting more "supernatural" characters. Austin was one of my faves, to be honest!
Part 2 ends on a very shocking twist, meaning I've been forced to go look for Part 3 immediately!
Part 2 ends on a very shocking twist, meaning I've been forced to go look for Part 3 immediately!
June 23, 2009
I'm so in love with this series can't wait to read book 3 and find out what happens. Skyla knows how to keep her readers wanting more. P.S. I started reading book 3 on her website and its shaping up to be pretty good!
June 17, 2011
Another good book with some of the same errors but the story was great, Again the commentaries were wonderful. I unfortunately cannot find the third one in this series being released yet so I guess i will have to wait a while to finish out the series.
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