Genres: Young Adult
Posted: November 25, 2013
MIDNIGHT EARTH is the first book in the Conquered Earth series and wow, what a fantastic start it is! I instantly fell in love with the imagery of this bleak, dystopian world where alien machines are rampaging and gathering up humans to store in the all too mysterious Presidiums. I could easily envision the scenes of man versus machine with plasma shots being madly fired in all directions. What a great movie MIDNIGHT EARTH would be!
J. Barton Mitchell crafts multidimensional characters with Holt, Mira, Zoey, and even the dog, Max. In fact, Max practically steals the show at times despite being completely nonverbal. I like how we get inklings of the deeper secrets that each character is hiding and I can't wait to see where the various threads will take us in future books.
J. Barton Mitchell kicks this post-apocalyptic tale off in spectacular fashion. From the characters to the world building, every element works together beautifully to create a tale that is practically impossible to put down. Thankfully I already have the second book, The Severed Tower, on my shelves to read!
Book Summary
Lord of the Flies meets War of the Worlds in J. Barton Mitchell's alien- invaded post-apocalyptic world where two teens and a young girl with amazing powers must stop the aliens’ mysterious plan
Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The human adult population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone---a powerful, telepathic super-signal broadcast across the planet that reduces them to a state of complete subservience. But the Tone has one critical flaw. It only affects the population once they reach their early twenties, which means that there is one group left to resist: Children.
Holt Hawkins is a bounty hunter, and his current target is Mira Toombs, an infamous treasure seeker with a price on her head. It’s not long before Holt bags his prey, but their instant connection isn’t something he bargained for. Neither is the Assembly ship that crash-lands near them shortly after. Venturing inside, Holt finds a young girl who remembers nothing except her name: Zoey.
As the three make their way to the cavernous metropolis of Midnight City, they encounter young freedom fighters, mutants, otherworldly artifacts, pirates, feuding alien armies, and the amazing powers that Zoey is beginning to exhibit. Powers that suggest she, as impossible as it seems, may just be the key to stopping the Assembly once and for all.
Midnight City is the breathtaking first book of the Conquered Earth series.
Conquered Earth Series #1 St. Martin's Griffin
October 1, 2013
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Featuring:
400 pages
ISBN: 1250036283
EAN: 9781250036285
Kindle: B00842H54A
Paperback / e-Book