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Mindstorm
Fight for your friends, your family, your future. It’s the near future and severe poverty is the new normal for the majority of humanity. The world is suffering from climate change and the future seems bleak. In the UK, children with incredible psychic abilities begin to appear. For Oscar Hyde, life has never been harder. Everyone he knows is moving out of the city. Even his family are considering going. When Oscar discovers he has the power to be ignored, he succumbs to temptation and starts stealing. As his opportunistic tendencies take over, he becomes addicted to the adrenaline-fuelled thefts. He has the power to be ignored, so why not use it? But when agents from a secret organization come to kidnap him, he’s saved by a scrappy group of teenagers with psychic powers of their own. In the Core, an underground lair in the heart of London, they are watched over by Athena, a shadowy figure with an agenda as mysterious as she is. But they will need more than the considerable resources of Athena and the Core to fight off the organization that is gathering against them. Can they learn to tap into their powers and pull together, or will they fall victim to the secrets of their past? Mindstorm is a YA dystopian science fiction story with a cast of scrappy super-teens you will fall in love with.
416 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2021
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ZZ Adams
17 books23 followersMeet Damian Jay Clay and Andrew J Savage, two formerly respectable and marginally talented writers who joined forces in 2020 with the ill-fated mission of bringing you exciting speculative fiction. Based in the UK and Japan, these two work from the comfort of their virtual office on Discord--but be warned, they are now at my mercy, a vengeful being determined to punish them for their crimes against literature. Will they escape my matrix and save themselves, or will they ultimately be fully assimilated and destroyed?
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October 11, 2021
Listed as a YA novel, but this adult thoroughly enjoyed it. The overall scenario has horrific climate change about to make the planet unlivable. For most people, life is a constant struggle to find jobs and keep families fed. There are organizations building underground communities and creating enhanced children to survive the coming devestation. The organizations are also creating chaos in order to manipulate the populace.
These enhanced kids are trying to find their place in a world where where several menacing (and some not so) groups are trying to use the children for their own purposes. They've all been on their own, for different and horrifying reasons, for quite some time. As they find each other they are given answers about their enhancements. They're also learning to understand and to use their enhancements for the good of all. I really like the way these kids form a family and how they help each other emotionally and physically. All of them have endured terrible things and they are struggling to find an organization in which to place their trust.
The novel is a real page turner with lots of action. Are the kids safe with Athena or with the agency that created them? They face all the obstacles with courage and a belief in one another. In spite of the horror the authors have placed all around these children, there is hope in their hearts. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
These enhanced kids are trying to find their place in a world where where several menacing (and some not so) groups are trying to use the children for their own purposes. They've all been on their own, for different and horrifying reasons, for quite some time. As they find each other they are given answers about their enhancements. They're also learning to understand and to use their enhancements for the good of all. I really like the way these kids form a family and how they help each other emotionally and physically. All of them have endured terrible things and they are struggling to find an organization in which to place their trust.
The novel is a real page turner with lots of action. Are the kids safe with Athena or with the agency that created them? They face all the obstacles with courage and a belief in one another. In spite of the horror the authors have placed all around these children, there is hope in their hearts. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
February 22, 2023
ZZ Adams has done it again.
I think this is the third book I picked up from them. Yes, them—two magnificent authors that merge their creativity into one pot.
Let me ask you a question. How does it feel to be invisible?
The story revolves around a teenager, Oscar. He has the psychic ability to cloak himself by suggesting his thoughts and projecting them onto others. Hence total invisibility in his solid form. To up his ante, he can also will any of his friends to be invisible. His friends also have psychic abilities with even more unique attributes.
My mind is blown.
If I have more than two thumbs to show my appreciation, I'd gladly offer them. Do my two big toes count?
I think this is the third book I picked up from them. Yes, them—two magnificent authors that merge their creativity into one pot.
Let me ask you a question. How does it feel to be invisible?
The story revolves around a teenager, Oscar. He has the psychic ability to cloak himself by suggesting his thoughts and projecting them onto others. Hence total invisibility in his solid form. To up his ante, he can also will any of his friends to be invisible. His friends also have psychic abilities with even more unique attributes.
My mind is blown.
If I have more than two thumbs to show my appreciation, I'd gladly offer them. Do my two big toes count?
February 21, 2022
This is a very interesting story
The story revolves around a group of kids who have extraordinary powers. Full of action, suspense and intrigue Al throughout the story. I highly recommend this story.
The story revolves around a group of kids who have extraordinary powers. Full of action, suspense and intrigue Al throughout the story. I highly recommend this story.
January 14, 2025
I really liked this book!
Very interesting premise. Two separate groups of people trying to do the same thing, but for different reasons. Fast paced. In my humble opinion, a great book.
Very interesting premise. Two separate groups of people trying to do the same thing, but for different reasons. Fast paced. In my humble opinion, a great book.
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