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I, Cassandra
She is a prisoner who can alter reality. He is a dead soldier brought back to life as a sentient machine. A forbidden love affair transcends time, the end of the world, and what it means to be human.
2086. In a world divided between a protected zone for the superrich and the billions left to survive in a dying world, Cassandra’s ability to alter reality marks her as a valuable asset to Global Command. Lost in a terrorist attack to the United Freedom Fighters, she is discovered in the seedy underworld of London by an elite soldier who does not learn who she is until far too late, and he too becomes an asset owned by faceless powers.
Resurrected as a near immortal machine, his first mission is to extract her from London and return her to the ones intent to use her gift to give the rich a second chance at life in a new world.
As the world around them collapses from the greed of humanity, he fights to protect the one he loves, to save her from what is to come, and to give her a second chance . . . no matter the cost or how long he has to wait.
2086. In a world divided between a protected zone for the superrich and the billions left to survive in a dying world, Cassandra’s ability to alter reality marks her as a valuable asset to Global Command. Lost in a terrorist attack to the United Freedom Fighters, she is discovered in the seedy underworld of London by an elite soldier who does not learn who she is until far too late, and he too becomes an asset owned by faceless powers.
Resurrected as a near immortal machine, his first mission is to extract her from London and return her to the ones intent to use her gift to give the rich a second chance at life in a new world.
As the world around them collapses from the greed of humanity, he fights to protect the one he loves, to save her from what is to come, and to give her a second chance . . . no matter the cost or how long he has to wait.
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E.A. Carter
8 books151 followersThe daughter of a reverend of modest means, E A Carter grew up in the Canadian countryside with only a bicycle, her cat, and her imagination to occupy her. Apparently, this was enough.
Inspired by the fantastical, magical worlds of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Hans Christian Andersen, she began writing her own fantasy-based stories set in past times at the age of 13.
Today, her books are a unique blend of romance, fantasy, and historical fiction.
Many of her characters are real persons of history carefully researched and brought back to life in immersive plotlines that span empires.
E A also writes science fiction with a focus on immortality and future tech.
So far, her readers seem to love her unique stories. Her books have won numerous awards, including from Writer’s Digest, Wishing Shelf Awards, Indie Author Network, Page Turner Awards and more.
Elizabeth currently lives in Poland with her two Swedish rescue cats Nova and Ninya and her Hugo Awards nominated artist partner Michal Karcz.
When she isn’t writing things, she’s out in the nature, biking and hiking in the Polish mountains and forests. Because she is in Poland, she feels it is her civic duty to eat plenty of perogies with sour cream.
When she started out in this world, she had one citizenship, now somehow through strange twists of fate, she has three. Apart from growing up in Canada, she’s also lived in Sweden, Denmark, and the UK.
Inspired by the fantastical, magical worlds of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Hans Christian Andersen, she began writing her own fantasy-based stories set in past times at the age of 13.
Today, her books are a unique blend of romance, fantasy, and historical fiction.
Many of her characters are real persons of history carefully researched and brought back to life in immersive plotlines that span empires.
E A also writes science fiction with a focus on immortality and future tech.
So far, her readers seem to love her unique stories. Her books have won numerous awards, including from Writer’s Digest, Wishing Shelf Awards, Indie Author Network, Page Turner Awards and more.
Elizabeth currently lives in Poland with her two Swedish rescue cats Nova and Ninya and her Hugo Awards nominated artist partner Michal Karcz.
When she isn’t writing things, she’s out in the nature, biking and hiking in the Polish mountains and forests. Because she is in Poland, she feels it is her civic duty to eat plenty of perogies with sour cream.
When she started out in this world, she had one citizenship, now somehow through strange twists of fate, she has three. Apart from growing up in Canada, she’s also lived in Sweden, Denmark, and the UK.
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August 26, 2021I won this in the GR Giveaway! Thanks so much to the author.
August 24, 2021
I've read a few sci-fi books with super soldiers and supernatural elements, but they're usually spread out over a series. This didn't suffer at all for being told in a single novel, with the detail weaving together to world build without being bogged down by detail and excessive exposition. The story itself was heartbreaking from the start, with the feeling of hopelessness a constant undercurrent to the main events. Futile actions in the face of overwhelming conditions that the characters can only react to, but not change, left me feeling desperate for something to go right for them, despite it all. Ryan as a character, I adored. His care, his focus, his duty. He really had me at "smuggling in cat food in his underwear" and only got better from there. We meet him as he wakes up in a new super soldier body and he is the perfect introduction to the story. Blue, we meet under less favourable circumstances. I adored Blue's resilience, her practicality, and the way she survives horrific cruelty, yet it didn't make her cruel. I think that might be why she and Ryan work so well, because, in the face of everything they endured, they are still kind.
Amadi's story was heartbreaking, and resonant in the way he wanted to be a good man who did good things, and in another time, perhaps that's who he would have been. Alas, he was born into a fucked up world where fucked up things are done, and the rigidity of that world shaped him into something else, so there was a great sadness attached to him and his story.
The way their tales spun together was wonderful, even when I wasn't reading the story, I was thinking about it, so immersive was the language used. I look forward to reading it again, but for now will let it simmer in my mind as I sit with my cats, and give them each a kiss, for Miro.
Amadi's story was heartbreaking, and resonant in the way he wanted to be a good man who did good things, and in another time, perhaps that's who he would have been. Alas, he was born into a fucked up world where fucked up things are done, and the rigidity of that world shaped him into something else, so there was a great sadness attached to him and his story.
The way their tales spun together was wonderful, even when I wasn't reading the story, I was thinking about it, so immersive was the language used. I look forward to reading it again, but for now will let it simmer in my mind as I sit with my cats, and give them each a kiss, for Miro.
August 26, 2021
“I kiss her again, despairing, silenced, her love lost to me the moment I died. I hold her tight and grieve for what we have become. Torn apart. Alone. Together.”
I, Cassandra is Carter’s newest release featuring star-crossed lovers in a dying futuristic Earth. Cassandra is a runaway prisoner with the power to alter reality and terraform. Ryan is a soldier, brought back from death as one of the machines he so despises. But they, and the planet they call home, are running out of time...
Oof, I knew I was in for the feels when Carter put a cat in the story. Just having that poor creature there in the middle of all this concern sharpened all of my anxiousness 🤣 The world itself is very dense and complex, but Carter does an excellent job of building the world so you get just enough of the sense of politics, without being too bogged down. And of course, we have a heavy, heavy dose of pining. Cassandra and Ryan’s drive to survive, to be together is what pulls this book together and I think angsty romance readers will be in for a treat with this sci-fi standalone.
CW: Sexual Assault, Violence, Death of a Pet, Death of a Loved One, Dub-Con, & there is also one scene early in the novel that, while it is not violence against a trans person, is extremely reflective of that awful violence. Trans readers proceed with caution.
Hisses & Kisses 🐍
I, Cassandra is Carter’s newest release featuring star-crossed lovers in a dying futuristic Earth. Cassandra is a runaway prisoner with the power to alter reality and terraform. Ryan is a soldier, brought back from death as one of the machines he so despises. But they, and the planet they call home, are running out of time...
Oof, I knew I was in for the feels when Carter put a cat in the story. Just having that poor creature there in the middle of all this concern sharpened all of my anxiousness 🤣 The world itself is very dense and complex, but Carter does an excellent job of building the world so you get just enough of the sense of politics, without being too bogged down. And of course, we have a heavy, heavy dose of pining. Cassandra and Ryan’s drive to survive, to be together is what pulls this book together and I think angsty romance readers will be in for a treat with this sci-fi standalone.
CW: Sexual Assault, Violence, Death of a Pet, Death of a Loved One, Dub-Con, & there is also one scene early in the novel that, while it is not violence against a trans person, is extremely reflective of that awful violence. Trans readers proceed with caution.
Hisses & Kisses 🐍
August 31, 2021
I was on the edge of my seat, I didn't know what to expect. I normally don't read this genre because I find it in lengthy series or it is full of geek speak. This book is not down to the detail technical, it is not so far off base that it couldn't possibly happen either, yeah it probably isn't going to happen this way, but there are a lot of plausible ideas.
This book gets heavily involved in three main characters, each unique and driven but there own guilt, ghosts and core love. There is raw passion, crude sexual acts, revengeful purposes, a whole plethora of emotions.
I liked that the concepts felt familiar but the storyline was fresh. The style of writing with each characters chapters was different, it felt like there was three different people writing the story. It was refreshing.
The ending really wasn't what I was expecting either, but I won't spoil it. I'll just say that this book is worth a read through.
This book gets heavily involved in three main characters, each unique and driven but there own guilt, ghosts and core love. There is raw passion, crude sexual acts, revengeful purposes, a whole plethora of emotions.
I liked that the concepts felt familiar but the storyline was fresh. The style of writing with each characters chapters was different, it felt like there was three different people writing the story. It was refreshing.
The ending really wasn't what I was expecting either, but I won't spoil it. I'll just say that this book is worth a read through.
September 1, 2021
A great future dystopian read!
The setting is decades in the future, where the long predicted climate chaos is in full swing. We respond with division and violence. The fortunate live in climate controlled domed cities, while everyone else lives outside in the hopeless city ruins. Our two main characters, separated by this divide yet meeting and falling intensely and irrevocably in love, are forced to do horrific things in the name of winning the war for their side. All the characters in this book are completely believable, and you really feel for them as their respective societies chew them up then spit them out when they no longer have value. The plot is original and deeply satisfying, with an interesting twist in the second half of the book. A fantastic read, I highly recommend it!!
The setting is decades in the future, where the long predicted climate chaos is in full swing. We respond with division and violence. The fortunate live in climate controlled domed cities, while everyone else lives outside in the hopeless city ruins. Our two main characters, separated by this divide yet meeting and falling intensely and irrevocably in love, are forced to do horrific things in the name of winning the war for their side. All the characters in this book are completely believable, and you really feel for them as their respective societies chew them up then spit them out when they no longer have value. The plot is original and deeply satisfying, with an interesting twist in the second half of the book. A fantastic read, I highly recommend it!!
August 22, 2021
I finished this a few nights ago and I’m still thinking about it. It’s a dystopian sci-fi tale told from multiple POVs: Ryan—a battle-weary soldier, Cassandra—the woman he loves who also happens to be the saviour of humanity, and Amadi— a man forced to make a terrible choice for love. I loved it! Sci-fi can sometimes be a little hard going for me, and while this has some terrifying concepts to grapple with (the end of the world—hello), I fell right into the prose and descriptions of eternal love that stretches beyond the death of the world. It also features an adorable cat which makes any book even better in my opinion. It has echoes of Oryx & Crake, Earth Abides, and Altered Carbon, but it was also unlike anything I’ve read. I adore EA’s writing and this absolutely didn’t disappoint. 💕
November 8, 2021
A great start to the new series. I really loved the cyberpunk post apocalyptic setting. Interesting characters with a nice little twist near the end.
August 7, 2021
E.A. Carter is already a master of epic fantasy romance, and she does not disappoint in her sci-fi debut.
I, Cassandra follows super-soldier Ryan Maddox and the titular Cassandra straight through the end of the world and out the other side. Rather than drag the reader through long-winded explanations of how this version of Earth came to be, Carter takes advantage of apocalyptic fiction in the cultural zeitgeist (and, unnervingly, the current state of our own world) and brings Earth in the 2080s to life through gorgeous and effective detail. The impeccably researched and brilliantly imagined possibilities of our planet in the post-apocalypse are both fascinating and haunting.
The scale of I, Cassandra is truly awesome, but it's a fast and accessible read, and the human element shines. Carter balances a gritty apocalyptic setting with emotive conflict — it's tragic yet hopeful, and beautifully written.
I, Cassandra follows super-soldier Ryan Maddox and the titular Cassandra straight through the end of the world and out the other side. Rather than drag the reader through long-winded explanations of how this version of Earth came to be, Carter takes advantage of apocalyptic fiction in the cultural zeitgeist (and, unnervingly, the current state of our own world) and brings Earth in the 2080s to life through gorgeous and effective detail. The impeccably researched and brilliantly imagined possibilities of our planet in the post-apocalypse are both fascinating and haunting.
The scale of I, Cassandra is truly awesome, but it's a fast and accessible read, and the human element shines. Carter balances a gritty apocalyptic setting with emotive conflict — it's tragic yet hopeful, and beautifully written.
March 18, 2022
I enjoyed it!
September 23, 2022
It was interesting, it's different from what I usually read but it was good too.
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