By Brandy Hunt
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Review & Description
Currently on Bestseller lists for General Fantasy and General Science Fiction.
In a world full of the relics of the past and the toys of the future, Lila Howell is a psychic who struggles to remain ethical in the face of her government's demands. Finding her too valuable to force into the role the Security Ministry wants her to take, the government allows her to take the job she was trained for, archival historian. In this role, she is still controllable and they can still use her gifts.
Currently, her government is demanding that she use her job, interviewing people for the Passing Project, in order to retrieve information from Susanne Newton. Susanne Newton is in her nineties and is something of a hero in the formation of the current regime, the New Dawn. This regime insists that Susanne Newton is keeping information from them and has been for years.
Lila must make a decision between keeping her life or reaching for something more. She is being pressured on all sides to made a decision between the ethics that go along with her gift and the life that Susanne describes. Will she make the right decision?
"Hunt's well-developed characters are endowed with strengths as well as
flaws ... it appears as though humanity remains much the same in this
futuristic world."
--Leslie Wright at Blogcritics
"... the dystopian world described in this book reminded me a bit of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. ... a new society without aggression, where everyone has a proper place ....
--Grace at Motherlode
"... as Lila tries to reconcile Susanne's stories with her upbringing
.... The internal conflict and eventual transformation remain my
favorite aspect of this book."
--Alice at Stimulated Outlet Book ReviewsCurrently on Bestseller lists for General Fantasy and General Science Fiction.
In a world full of the relics of the past and the toys of the future, Lila Howell is a psychic who struggles to remain ethical in the face of her government's demands. Finding her too valuable to force into the role the Security Ministry wants her to take, the government allows her to take the job she was trained for, archival historian. In this role, she is still controllable and they can still use her gifts.
Currently, her government is demanding that she use her job, interviewing people for the Passing Project, in order to retrieve information from Susanne Newton. Susanne Newton is in her nineties and is something of a hero in the formation of the current regime, the New Dawn. This regime insists that Susanne Newton is keeping information from them and has been for years.
Lila must make a decision between keeping her life or reaching for something more. She is being pressured on all sides to made a decision between the ethics that go along with her gift and the life that Susanne describes. Will she make the right decision?
"Hunt's well-developed characters are endowed with strengths as well as
flaws ... it appears as though humanity remains much the same in this
futuristic world."
--Leslie Wright at Blogcritics
"... the dystopian world described in this book reminded me a bit of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. ... a new society without aggression, where everyone has a proper place ....
--Grace at Motherlode
"... as Lila tries to reconcile Susanne's stories with her upbringing
.... The internal conflict and eventual transformation remain my
favorite aspect of this book."
--Alice at Stimulated Outlet Book Reviews Read more
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