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Almost Midnight
What happens at midnight?
I wake up to the loud drone of heavy machinery outside the bedroom window. With limbs acting strangely and a head throbbing like a drum, I know something is wrong. There's a buzz of strength in my legs, and my right arm is insanely powerful. Weird symbols circle my vision.
My nerdy neighbor, Scott, appears out of nowhere to say I've been missing for the past six weeks. Peering out the window, I see half of the backyard has disintegrated, and the entire area behind our house has gone.
But that's not all. Scott says my mom and sister have fled the area, and if I don't hurry and leave, we'll die when our hometown explodes at midnight.
To escape death, I must listen to my neighbor and his hot cousin, Mark. Oh, and along the way, I'll need to figure out how to use the enhancements implanted in my body. That's if we can get the hell out before the entire world ends.
I wake up to the loud drone of heavy machinery outside the bedroom window. With limbs acting strangely and a head throbbing like a drum, I know something is wrong. There's a buzz of strength in my legs, and my right arm is insanely powerful. Weird symbols circle my vision.
My nerdy neighbor, Scott, appears out of nowhere to say I've been missing for the past six weeks. Peering out the window, I see half of the backyard has disintegrated, and the entire area behind our house has gone.
But that's not all. Scott says my mom and sister have fled the area, and if I don't hurry and leave, we'll die when our hometown explodes at midnight.
To escape death, I must listen to my neighbor and his hot cousin, Mark. Oh, and along the way, I'll need to figure out how to use the enhancements implanted in my body. That's if we can get the hell out before the entire world ends.
247 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 7, 2022
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Caroline Swart
5 books2 followersCaroline Swart was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After a brief stint as a professional singer, she studied software development, and landed in Atlanta, GA. She eventually acquired a husband, a software development company in Africa, and a son, not all in that order. She's passionate about reading, writing, and music.
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November 14, 2022
Action Packed Series Starter. This is one of those series starters that ends on an "oh SH!T" cliffhanger - and while it could possibly be debated if the story should have continued on from there in a longer tale, it also told a complete story to that point, so I'm personally comfortable leaving the rating at 5* rather than deducting a star for blatant cash grab. But I could also see other readers making a different call on that point.
Still, for what the story actually is up to that point, and even through that point in making the reader want the next book *right this second*... this is a truly great book. The story has elements of a wide variety of known and not-as-known scifi, from Amy Adams' Arrival to Neil Blomkamp's District 9 to Jeremy Robinson's Unity to Meg Pechenick's Vardeshi Saga, and yet still manages to feel fresh and unique even within its lost memory / alien invasion / sudden awakening type of story.
This is one that contains several elements of several different genres (including a few teases of romance), so certainly nearly everyone will likely find something here to like - and thus the book could have near universal appeal to some level.
Overall a strong tale well told, and I'm truly looking forward to the next book here. Very much recommended.
Still, for what the story actually is up to that point, and even through that point in making the reader want the next book *right this second*... this is a truly great book. The story has elements of a wide variety of known and not-as-known scifi, from Amy Adams' Arrival to Neil Blomkamp's District 9 to Jeremy Robinson's Unity to Meg Pechenick's Vardeshi Saga, and yet still manages to feel fresh and unique even within its lost memory / alien invasion / sudden awakening type of story.
This is one that contains several elements of several different genres (including a few teases of romance), so certainly nearly everyone will likely find something here to like - and thus the book could have near universal appeal to some level.
Overall a strong tale well told, and I'm truly looking forward to the next book here. Very much recommended.
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