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The Sepa Project
She awakes, ready to start her new life. She can’t wait to begin. How is she to know this will be her eleventh beginning?
288 is one of many faceless Sepas, memory slaves trained to spy on the world outside New Bhutan’s borders and hand their memories of the mission over to the Family, the rulers living high above in Potala Palace. She is nobody, a pawn to be sacrificed for a greater cause until her early death. All that changes when her mentor, Meera San, asks her to spy on the Family themselves. She sends her on a secret mission to discover why members of New Bhutan society are disappearing overnight, never to be seen again.
The deal? If 288 accepts the mission, she gets to retain her memories. If she succeeds…if she returns at all. This sets her on a treacherous path where she will fight to unravel the dark secrets of New Bhutan and uncover the truth of her world, her masters, and herself. Failure to do so will result in losing more than her memories this time, or even just her life. Many, many lives are now in her hands. Content This book includes implied sexual violence and murder. The Sepa Series The SEPA Project Quantou Rising A Rue’s Revenge Cover art created by Kat Murphy.
288 is one of many faceless Sepas, memory slaves trained to spy on the world outside New Bhutan’s borders and hand their memories of the mission over to the Family, the rulers living high above in Potala Palace. She is nobody, a pawn to be sacrificed for a greater cause until her early death. All that changes when her mentor, Meera San, asks her to spy on the Family themselves. She sends her on a secret mission to discover why members of New Bhutan society are disappearing overnight, never to be seen again.
The deal? If 288 accepts the mission, she gets to retain her memories. If she succeeds…if she returns at all. This sets her on a treacherous path where she will fight to unravel the dark secrets of New Bhutan and uncover the truth of her world, her masters, and herself. Failure to do so will result in losing more than her memories this time, or even just her life. Many, many lives are now in her hands. Content This book includes implied sexual violence and murder. The Sepa Series The SEPA Project Quantou Rising A Rue’s Revenge Cover art created by Kat Murphy.
402 pages, Paperback
Published April 16, 2021
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J. Moody
6 books38 followersJ. Moody is an educator by day, a writer by night, and an adventurer in every moment between. She’s the author of The SEPA Project, its sequel, Quántóu Rising, and the final book in the trilogy, A Rue's Revenge. Her short fiction “To Be a Woman” won the Best Horror Award in Ooligan Press Magazine. She has two short stories published in the anthology Once Upon Another Time: Fresh Tales From the Far Side of Fantasy and two dystopian stories published in When All That's Left Are Stories. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.
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September 19, 2022
Post-Apocalyptic. The term conjures barren wastelands, colorless worlds stretching into the horizon. Iron skeletons of cities with rusted metal screaming in a radioactive wind. Some ugly combination of Terminator and Fallout 3. No color, no hope, forever.
So imagine my surprise when I opened The SEPA Project and saw its first pages bloom with beauty and rich detail.
From the beginning of The SEPA Project, Moody sets to work demolishing the reader's expectation of what post-apocalyptic means - what it looks like, feels like, acts like. It opens with the novel's main protagonist, a girl we know only as 288, observing the world of New Bhutan for our benefit. She belongs to the story's titular organization, a collection of people who aren't seen as people. A Sepa is both a profession and a caste, ostensibly necessary to this country's survival but also loathed and despised by the people they're supposed to protect. Spies, assassins, saboteurs, infiltrators, soldiers, even diplomats - whatever the situation demands, sent outside the boundaries of the city state of New Bhutan on covert missions to serve their shadowy masters. New Bhutan is a paradise on Earth, or so its residents tell each other; the last green place on the planet, the last clean water, the last place to find decent food and clean air. Beyond its outer frontier lies the Banjar, an expanse of desert, disease, and death that stretches far beyond the knowledge of any living person. Nobody knows where it ends, *if* it ends; all anyone knows is that it's home to the Banjarians, desperate barbarians who scrabble their meager survival in a fiery, blasted desert that used to be a livable world. It's also home to the Banjarguay, a deadly pestilence borne on the endless burning winds of the wasteland. The Sepas are routinely sent out there to...well, no one is sure, exactly. They occasionally bring back valuable artifacts from the Old World. Occasionally they kidnap or assassinate troublesome rebels. To the residents of New Bhutan, all Banjarians are subhuman enemies, but Sepas also make...diplomatic contact with them? For some reason? There's a lot that doesn't quite add up. There's certainly more to this picture, and it's slowly revealed over the course of the story.
And that story is expertly told. The SEPA Project might be slow-paced for the first half of the book, but all truly epic tales take a while to spin into gear - powerful engines always start slowly, and once they're moving, they bulldoze everything in their path without stopping.
Moody uses so many storytelling techniques that I love and admire. One is the sense of absolute mystery just around the edges of your vision. She keeps the field of view restricted to one character at a time, giving you a series of small perspectives and leaving you to build the world around you the best you can with what scant details are available to you. She offers vague answers to certain questions, and for others, none at all. This reinforces the story's ominous tones and the deepening sense of mystery. The story's pace starts to pick up in the second half; loose ends are tied, one by one, pieces falling into place, surprises delivered. The story begins to come full circle. Backstories are woven neatly together, character arcs deepened. Most of the important questions are answered...
But what I love is that not all questions are answered - at least, not neatly. There are details about the world I found myself thirsting for. To some questions, I got vague answers at best. To others, none at all. The world outside New Bhutan is a giant Terra Incognita, dark and impenetrable. I love this sense of being around a campfire in the closing night - all you see around you is lit in the flickering glow of firelight, casting terrifying shadows, with a vast world of darkness waiting beyond the outer edges of your vision. For that matter, a lot of the world inside the barrier is dark and impenetrable, too - in a somewhat different way. There's a lot going on behind closed doors. You're given the impression of a world of smiles and so-called "plenty", but also lots of forbidden territory, lots of questions you're not allowed to ask. For all the danger in the world outside, there's just as much inside, too - at least for those who can't control their curiosity.
The SEPA Project ends on an open cliffhanger, with a loose alliance of protagonists scattered and forced to face different paths alone. Moody has laid all the groundwork for a truly massive series, worthy of a miniseries and a great deal of shelf space. SEPA is a series intro worth comparing to Eye of the World and similar epic fantasy hits. It's far grander and more ambitious than it leads you to believe at the start; a tale as good at masking its intentions as the Sepa themselves.
The SEPA Project is a novel of surprises and toppled expectations. It's more colorful than the standard post-apocalyptic fare. More vivid. More alive. More human. More complex. More byzantine. More ambitious. Just...more.
And when J. Moody promises much more in the series, we know she's good for it, after how neatly she handled herself in this opening entry.
Very nicely done.
So imagine my surprise when I opened The SEPA Project and saw its first pages bloom with beauty and rich detail.
From the beginning of The SEPA Project, Moody sets to work demolishing the reader's expectation of what post-apocalyptic means - what it looks like, feels like, acts like. It opens with the novel's main protagonist, a girl we know only as 288, observing the world of New Bhutan for our benefit. She belongs to the story's titular organization, a collection of people who aren't seen as people. A Sepa is both a profession and a caste, ostensibly necessary to this country's survival but also loathed and despised by the people they're supposed to protect. Spies, assassins, saboteurs, infiltrators, soldiers, even diplomats - whatever the situation demands, sent outside the boundaries of the city state of New Bhutan on covert missions to serve their shadowy masters. New Bhutan is a paradise on Earth, or so its residents tell each other; the last green place on the planet, the last clean water, the last place to find decent food and clean air. Beyond its outer frontier lies the Banjar, an expanse of desert, disease, and death that stretches far beyond the knowledge of any living person. Nobody knows where it ends, *if* it ends; all anyone knows is that it's home to the Banjarians, desperate barbarians who scrabble their meager survival in a fiery, blasted desert that used to be a livable world. It's also home to the Banjarguay, a deadly pestilence borne on the endless burning winds of the wasteland. The Sepas are routinely sent out there to...well, no one is sure, exactly. They occasionally bring back valuable artifacts from the Old World. Occasionally they kidnap or assassinate troublesome rebels. To the residents of New Bhutan, all Banjarians are subhuman enemies, but Sepas also make...diplomatic contact with them? For some reason? There's a lot that doesn't quite add up. There's certainly more to this picture, and it's slowly revealed over the course of the story.
And that story is expertly told. The SEPA Project might be slow-paced for the first half of the book, but all truly epic tales take a while to spin into gear - powerful engines always start slowly, and once they're moving, they bulldoze everything in their path without stopping.
Moody uses so many storytelling techniques that I love and admire. One is the sense of absolute mystery just around the edges of your vision. She keeps the field of view restricted to one character at a time, giving you a series of small perspectives and leaving you to build the world around you the best you can with what scant details are available to you. She offers vague answers to certain questions, and for others, none at all. This reinforces the story's ominous tones and the deepening sense of mystery. The story's pace starts to pick up in the second half; loose ends are tied, one by one, pieces falling into place, surprises delivered. The story begins to come full circle. Backstories are woven neatly together, character arcs deepened. Most of the important questions are answered...
But what I love is that not all questions are answered - at least, not neatly. There are details about the world I found myself thirsting for. To some questions, I got vague answers at best. To others, none at all. The world outside New Bhutan is a giant Terra Incognita, dark and impenetrable. I love this sense of being around a campfire in the closing night - all you see around you is lit in the flickering glow of firelight, casting terrifying shadows, with a vast world of darkness waiting beyond the outer edges of your vision. For that matter, a lot of the world inside the barrier is dark and impenetrable, too - in a somewhat different way. There's a lot going on behind closed doors. You're given the impression of a world of smiles and so-called "plenty", but also lots of forbidden territory, lots of questions you're not allowed to ask. For all the danger in the world outside, there's just as much inside, too - at least for those who can't control their curiosity.
The SEPA Project ends on an open cliffhanger, with a loose alliance of protagonists scattered and forced to face different paths alone. Moody has laid all the groundwork for a truly massive series, worthy of a miniseries and a great deal of shelf space. SEPA is a series intro worth comparing to Eye of the World and similar epic fantasy hits. It's far grander and more ambitious than it leads you to believe at the start; a tale as good at masking its intentions as the Sepa themselves.
The SEPA Project is a novel of surprises and toppled expectations. It's more colorful than the standard post-apocalyptic fare. More vivid. More alive. More human. More complex. More byzantine. More ambitious. Just...more.
And when J. Moody promises much more in the series, we know she's good for it, after how neatly she handled herself in this opening entry.
Very nicely done.
October 21, 2022
This is an EXCELLENT dystopian SF. I’m blown away by all the twist and turns. Great world building, relatable protagonists, and overall tight, well written story with great plot. Only dissapointment is the fact that the last book in the trilogy isn’t out yet!
February 5, 2022
The SEPA Project, the first in J. Moody's series, opens readers to a whole new, albeit frightening world, set in the not-too-distant, dystopian future. Moody shows us a believable version of what has happened due to the harsh effects of unmitigated climate change, and how people have felt forced to adapt because of it. Some things will give you the uneasiest of feelings, how close they are to the possible truth.
The characters are abundant but unique, each having their own stories, their own motivations, their own quirks and desires. They flit around one another in a sort of unending game that slowly reveals the darknesses between them, some going back many years prior. They're all pawns, but they don't know it, and isn't that a funny thing to think about? Needless to say, the story brings up paralleled truths in our own existence in such a seamless, natural way that I have to applaud Ms. Moody. She certainly has a way with foreshadowing and ending chapters that all but guarantee the reader's continuing on immediately because there really is no choice in the matter. A master storyteller at work!
But, above all, what I loved most about The SEPA Project was its ties to history and identity, the message I got within the story (yours may be different). Perhaps it is because I am such a lover of history, but I came away with the message that we should always be vigilant about it, and about our memories of it as well. That the fight for self-sovereignty may never truly be over, even if it seems to be, and that anyone trying to erase or warp history, whether that of self or of nations, should be triumphed over no matter what. History, namely the truth of it, is perhaps even more precious than I had originally thought - and I have this story to thank for that.
Do yourself a favor and read this book. Being both highly entertaining and meaningful, it could only add to your life.
The characters are abundant but unique, each having their own stories, their own motivations, their own quirks and desires. They flit around one another in a sort of unending game that slowly reveals the darknesses between them, some going back many years prior. They're all pawns, but they don't know it, and isn't that a funny thing to think about? Needless to say, the story brings up paralleled truths in our own existence in such a seamless, natural way that I have to applaud Ms. Moody. She certainly has a way with foreshadowing and ending chapters that all but guarantee the reader's continuing on immediately because there really is no choice in the matter. A master storyteller at work!
But, above all, what I loved most about The SEPA Project was its ties to history and identity, the message I got within the story (yours may be different). Perhaps it is because I am such a lover of history, but I came away with the message that we should always be vigilant about it, and about our memories of it as well. That the fight for self-sovereignty may never truly be over, even if it seems to be, and that anyone trying to erase or warp history, whether that of self or of nations, should be triumphed over no matter what. History, namely the truth of it, is perhaps even more precious than I had originally thought - and I have this story to thank for that.
Do yourself a favor and read this book. Being both highly entertaining and meaningful, it could only add to your life.
March 30, 2022
I'll update once I've finished but I wanted to leave a review so far. Without any spoilers I'm really enjoying the SEPA project so far. If you're a fan of dark dystopian stories, look no further.
For a debut from the author, it is extremely well written. I especially love the attention to detail in the thoughts of characters, and how everything seems believable (and a damn scary possibile reflection of what's going on in the world today).
A great start to the series!
For a debut from the author, it is extremely well written. I especially love the attention to detail in the thoughts of characters, and how everything seems believable (and a damn scary possibile reflection of what's going on in the world today).
A great start to the series!
June 2, 2021
Full disclosure: this book was written by a dear friend. This was an engaging and exciting story, with great twists and turns. I connected with the characters, and loved the world building and palace intrigue. I'm truly looking forward to the follow ups.
January 21, 2022
In the near distant future, the world as we know it, ceases to exist. Separated by a dome, inhabitants are broken into two groups. Those considered prosperous (Bhutanese) live within the dome and those less fortunate (Banjarians) are forced to fend for themselves in the barren desert. The decision makers of this new domain make up the three branches of government, all of which descend from The Family.
Although there is a definite divide, they all live by the motto “break bread, not bones.” To help keep this culture of peace, The Family has created the SEPAs. The go-betweens, SEPAs trade water and other supplies between the barriers of the dome. They are also trained to deescalate any rebels threatening the way of life. The SEPAs are a special group, but none can compare to SEPA 288.
Jillian Moody’s The SEPA Project is an unequivocal dystopian tale. Keeping readers entranced, Jillian creates a comprehensive scene of vast terrains, exquisite palaces, desolate wastelands, and everything in between. Include a storyline of unimaginable pain, deception, courage, and strength; this is a novel that keeps you coming back.
Though a limited amount of spelling and grammatical errors is revealed, a recognizable amount of borderline profanity is within. Plus, there is no descriptive sexual content but innuendos of sexual misconduct and abuse are present. Therefore, a rating of 4 out of 5 stars is given.
Please note, there are some very troubling and difficult to read depictions within these pages. If any of the following may cause you distress, read with caution: poisoning, genocide, isolation, tsunamis, arranged marriage, starvation, dehydration, war, mangled and bloody bodies, knife violence, death of child, betrayal, deceit, manipulation, prison, thievery, missing person, murder, bound and gagged, physical attack, sexual harassment, rape, alcohol assumption, hand to hand combat, orphan, fugitive, suicide, slavery, affair, viral outbreak, arrest, claustrophobia, helicopter crash, panic attacks, amputation, delirium, depression, mania, and execution.
A remarkable launch, The SEPA Project is a depiction of magnificent storytelling.
Thank you to #TheSepaProject, #TheSEPASeries, and #JillianMoody, for the opportunity to read this book and give my honest review.
*Part of Whitney Pearl’s #IndieBookBoost. Follow @TheWhitneyPearl on Twitter to join the next boost.
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Although there is a definite divide, they all live by the motto “break bread, not bones.” To help keep this culture of peace, The Family has created the SEPAs. The go-betweens, SEPAs trade water and other supplies between the barriers of the dome. They are also trained to deescalate any rebels threatening the way of life. The SEPAs are a special group, but none can compare to SEPA 288.
Jillian Moody’s The SEPA Project is an unequivocal dystopian tale. Keeping readers entranced, Jillian creates a comprehensive scene of vast terrains, exquisite palaces, desolate wastelands, and everything in between. Include a storyline of unimaginable pain, deception, courage, and strength; this is a novel that keeps you coming back.
Though a limited amount of spelling and grammatical errors is revealed, a recognizable amount of borderline profanity is within. Plus, there is no descriptive sexual content but innuendos of sexual misconduct and abuse are present. Therefore, a rating of 4 out of 5 stars is given.
Please note, there are some very troubling and difficult to read depictions within these pages. If any of the following may cause you distress, read with caution: poisoning, genocide, isolation, tsunamis, arranged marriage, starvation, dehydration, war, mangled and bloody bodies, knife violence, death of child, betrayal, deceit, manipulation, prison, thievery, missing person, murder, bound and gagged, physical attack, sexual harassment, rape, alcohol assumption, hand to hand combat, orphan, fugitive, suicide, slavery, affair, viral outbreak, arrest, claustrophobia, helicopter crash, panic attacks, amputation, delirium, depression, mania, and execution.
A remarkable launch, The SEPA Project is a depiction of magnificent storytelling.
Thank you to #TheSepaProject, #TheSEPASeries, and #JillianMoody, for the opportunity to read this book and give my honest review.
*Part of Whitney Pearl’s #IndieBookBoost. Follow @TheWhitneyPearl on Twitter to join the next boost.
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October 29, 2025
This was obviously written by a master storyteller. The book starts out strong, introducing one character at a time as they encounter a world that is complicated beyond any other I've ever read. That's both good and bad, in that I had to really concentrate as details were coming at me fast and furious through the entire novel. I kept thinking to myself that surely all the secrets would be revealed by now. And the novel kept delivering even more.
This is a post-apocalyptic world where one community survives, shielded from dangerous infections, peoples, and a hostile environment inside a protective dome. The shielded community is ruled by a "family." Several members of the family have ruling roles, overseeing complex elements needed to keep the community thriving. In service of their goals, they've "invented" the SEPA's. A genetically manipulated human-based, all female, ambassador/spy class.
In the power structure, and this gets too complicated to tell (and would spoil the many surprises herein were they to be fully told without the reader experiencing each new jolt first-hand), there is a Heart. One who watches over all. An Eye. One who hears and sees all the reports from the various endeavors across the ravaged land. A SEPA coordinator and several disjointed SEPA overseers at various levels. And other powerful family members who are constantly manipulating and conniving for power and influence.
The center of the conflict is the SEPA's. They are designed to gather information with special pockets in their minds to hold memory. After each quest outside, always conducted by the SEPA's since they are disposable, the SEPA is taken to a special room where her pockets are emptied. Really emptied. They have no independent personality or memory once they've been emptied. As a result they are obedient to a fault.
Controlling the SEPA's becomes control of their world. But, the SEPA's may have some surprises for the overlords ...
Mystery. Surprise. Shock. Pain. Loss. Love. It's all there and masterfully intertwined into a legendary tale!
This is a post-apocalyptic world where one community survives, shielded from dangerous infections, peoples, and a hostile environment inside a protective dome. The shielded community is ruled by a "family." Several members of the family have ruling roles, overseeing complex elements needed to keep the community thriving. In service of their goals, they've "invented" the SEPA's. A genetically manipulated human-based, all female, ambassador/spy class.
In the power structure, and this gets too complicated to tell (and would spoil the many surprises herein were they to be fully told without the reader experiencing each new jolt first-hand), there is a Heart. One who watches over all. An Eye. One who hears and sees all the reports from the various endeavors across the ravaged land. A SEPA coordinator and several disjointed SEPA overseers at various levels. And other powerful family members who are constantly manipulating and conniving for power and influence.
The center of the conflict is the SEPA's. They are designed to gather information with special pockets in their minds to hold memory. After each quest outside, always conducted by the SEPA's since they are disposable, the SEPA is taken to a special room where her pockets are emptied. Really emptied. They have no independent personality or memory once they've been emptied. As a result they are obedient to a fault.
Controlling the SEPA's becomes control of their world. But, the SEPA's may have some surprises for the overlords ...
Mystery. Surprise. Shock. Pain. Loss. Love. It's all there and masterfully intertwined into a legendary tale!
August 14, 2021
Put on your seatbelt you're going for an amazing ride!
Beyond doubt, one of the best Y/A books I've read. This tale will keep you turning pages long past bedtime. I have read it twice already and I'm very excited to hear that part two, Quantou, is coming soon!
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Beyond doubt, one of the best Y/A books I've read. This tale will keep you turning pages long past bedtime. I have read it twice already and I'm very excited to hear that part two, Quantou, is coming soon!
The Sepa Project is available at Amazon in print or Kindle.
Get yours now!!
February 20, 2022
A superb fantasy debut
It's only February but this is already one of my indie reads of the year. An epic, sweeping SFF debut that incorporates intricate world building with subtle, complex characteristion. Cannot wait to read Book 2.
It's only February but this is already one of my indie reads of the year. An epic, sweeping SFF debut that incorporates intricate world building with subtle, complex characteristion. Cannot wait to read Book 2.
November 20, 2023
A free book from Voracious Readers thank you
What a great opening novel for a series!
Set in a dystopian future this sci-fi tale is frightening in its work. A new world where memories can be taken, from minds altered to serve those in power.
Plot twists that keep you guessing and and all round good story of evil and the fight to overcome.
What a great opening novel for a series!
Set in a dystopian future this sci-fi tale is frightening in its work. A new world where memories can be taken, from minds altered to serve those in power.
Plot twists that keep you guessing and and all round good story of evil and the fight to overcome.
January 11, 2022
The SEPA Project is a beautifully complex story about identity and memory in a dystopian future in the himalayas. Deftly composed and a page turner full of unexpected twists and turns.
November 4, 2021
Good sci-fi includes telling modern stories and issues but lets us explore them from settings, worlds and perspectives that we cannot go to ourselves, and lets things be
The Sepa project is a great example of letting us explore topics through engaging writing and a world that lets us get pulled into it, and see things that are different, and the same.
It is a story about man’s greedy desire to control places, bodies, and minds.
August 12, 2022
What would happen in a world where you can control what a person remembers? Where you can take their memories, analyze them, and wipe them away? And all in service to The Family? What if you were the one they let keep their memories?
The SEPA project explores the depths of human ingenuity and depravity alike in a dystopian world.
A fresh take on a dystopian world theme.
The SEPA project explores the depths of human ingenuity and depravity alike in a dystopian world.
A fresh take on a dystopian world theme.
October 18, 2022
What a FANTASTIC read!! This sci-fi is one of the best I have read. The twists and turns are the best. The storyline gets bigger and bigger as the book goes on. Such a great adventure into the Sepa's world. There is mystery, love, intrigue, tears, wonder, evil and deceit. The characters are top notch! The second book in this three part series is on the way to me!
August 11, 2022
This book messed with my head in the best of ways. Every time I thought I knew where it was going, the characters were one step ahead of me. Viva la revolution
March 19, 2025
So good! I can't wait to start the next one!!
July 17, 2024
The central theme of this book is Forgetting. A society that has chosen to forget the past. Those that die are forgotten. Their special operatives have their memories wiped that they can serve more effectively. Even inconvenient traumas can be erased.
Inside this story, the reader is lured in with what seems to be typical YA post-apocalyptic fare. An oppressive power. An underdog protagonist fighting for right. A hidden destiny of overwhelming individual uniqueness.
Then, when the reader is hooked, the line suddenly pulls them in an unexpected direction. Multiple points of view. A ruling class that isn't a mustache-twirling monolith but nuanced and sympathetic, family drama writ large. A mirror held up to our society, asking questions that aren't just designed to cater to the egocentrism of a teenager but forcing them to look further afield.
Because the overwhelming majority of the point of view comes from the haves, not the have-nots, in this society. Which forces the reader to confront what their complicity is in terrible crimes committed on their behalf.
Is forgetting synonymous with innocence?
Inside this story, the reader is lured in with what seems to be typical YA post-apocalyptic fare. An oppressive power. An underdog protagonist fighting for right. A hidden destiny of overwhelming individual uniqueness.
Then, when the reader is hooked, the line suddenly pulls them in an unexpected direction. Multiple points of view. A ruling class that isn't a mustache-twirling monolith but nuanced and sympathetic, family drama writ large. A mirror held up to our society, asking questions that aren't just designed to cater to the egocentrism of a teenager but forcing them to look further afield.
Because the overwhelming majority of the point of view comes from the haves, not the have-nots, in this society. Which forces the reader to confront what their complicity is in terrible crimes committed on their behalf.
Is forgetting synonymous with innocence?
January 14, 2024
This book was so good. It took me a minute to fall into it but when I did, it was a wrap. The many gasps I’ve had while reading this was just toooo much!!! I feel the pains, the struggles and the happiness. Now I do NOT condone killing a Dragon, but for this book, this story… I will allow it! “Whatever she was going to do back in New Bhutan, it would include killing the Dragon.”
This is a very utopian dystopian sci-fi book after the war and poison. “Leading takes a toll on your mental health. You’ll see. The lake serves as a rest and rejuvenation space for great minds. You can’t perform at your best for the real people, the people of new Bhutan, without it.” Trust me, you will enjoy this! I definitely need this on my physical shelf!
This is a very utopian dystopian sci-fi book after the war and poison. “Leading takes a toll on your mental health. You’ll see. The lake serves as a rest and rejuvenation space for great minds. You can’t perform at your best for the real people, the people of new Bhutan, without it.” Trust me, you will enjoy this! I definitely need this on my physical shelf!
April 16, 2023
It is absolutely mesmerizing!
From the beginning, you are drawn into this utopian realm, New Bhutan, described so vividly and in such detail that you can't help but feel like you're there in this tantalizing world. Beautiful imagery makes it a truly sensory experience!
What I find interesting is that, yet still, there is an underlying vibe of conflict, because I haven't progressed much in the plot yet, but it's definitely there.
That is the beauty of show vs. tell! When people say they wish they could write a book, this is what they're talking about.
Congratulations!
From the beginning, you are drawn into this utopian realm, New Bhutan, described so vividly and in such detail that you can't help but feel like you're there in this tantalizing world. Beautiful imagery makes it a truly sensory experience!
What I find interesting is that, yet still, there is an underlying vibe of conflict, because I haven't progressed much in the plot yet, but it's definitely there.
That is the beauty of show vs. tell! When people say they wish they could write a book, this is what they're talking about.
Congratulations!
November 15, 2023
Interesting concept. I was intrigued from the start. There was a lot of details and information packed into this story. Twists, turns and surprises. The ending did seem abrupt after a slow build and I’m definitely left with questions. But definitely thought provoking and an enjoyable read. I am look ing forward to the next book!
I think readers who enjoy dystopian stories with some interesting technology and solid world building will like this book!
I received this book from the author through Voracious Readers Only.
I think readers who enjoy dystopian stories with some interesting technology and solid world building will like this book!
I received this book from the author through Voracious Readers Only.
January 9, 2024
A pick up from Voracious Readers Only, and definitely had me on my feet. Was a really good read - a building plotline and definitely well structured. The finale had me reeling for more.
Based on the family and the going ons in a ruling class within a dystopian society, their pursuit to hide the truth and maintain secrets. It really sets up slowly, but builds to a nice finish. I would recommend this to anyone who is keen for something that is a dystopian but a little different to the mainstream.
Based on the family and the going ons in a ruling class within a dystopian society, their pursuit to hide the truth and maintain secrets. It really sets up slowly, but builds to a nice finish. I would recommend this to anyone who is keen for something that is a dystopian but a little different to the mainstream.
July 4, 2024
Edge of my Seat
From the first page I couldn’t stop reading.
Intrigue, betrayal and loss all play a role in this book. Loss most of all.
The Sepa Project has overtones of reincarnation, but that may just be because I’m so steeped in that paradigm.
As with many books I read, the closer I arrived at the end the more I wanted to read but the less I wanted the book to end because then it would be over.
You won’t be disappointed in this book and I’m guessing if you start you won’t want to stop. An amazing story all around.
From the first page I couldn’t stop reading.
Intrigue, betrayal and loss all play a role in this book. Loss most of all.
The Sepa Project has overtones of reincarnation, but that may just be because I’m so steeped in that paradigm.
As with many books I read, the closer I arrived at the end the more I wanted to read but the less I wanted the book to end because then it would be over.
You won’t be disappointed in this book and I’m guessing if you start you won’t want to stop. An amazing story all around.
July 21, 2023
This book was SO GOOD!! Moody does an incredible job building a world where both water and memories can be drained and traded and hoarded for power. There are a good number of twists and turns and about halfway through the book I could not put it down. So glad it's a trilogy so I have two more books to read!
September 22, 2022
This was an excellent book. All the characters are well-written and the world created is dynamic and intriguing. I stayed up later than I wanted each night because I had a hard time putting it down.
November 3, 2023
Very interesting story. Would recommend reading
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