Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Source: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
Christopher Francis has quickly become one of my favorite dystopian writers. Mara is a survivor. She lives in a world coated with ash and silence. She is on a journey to find her brother Gabe and her sister Cami. They left one day to find supplies and never returned. Now all she wants to do is survive and find them. Sometimes life doesn't go as planned. When Mara finds a young boy named Silas, things change. Silas has a device that leads him from one relay point to another. She is not sure how or why only he can receive the signal, but she is sticking with him to protect him and to hopefully locate her brother and sister. Along the way she and Silas are saved by Jared, a young man they had encountered before. They also rescue a young girl who seems to be reacting to the signals the way a lot of adults do before they become hollow.
I kept reading to know more about the sickness and the signals and each of the characters we meet along the way. I kept reading to find out how a world could go so wrong, how adults who seem so ready to help and protect can be just the opposite. Although the ending was tied up neatly, it left us waiting for the next book in this series.
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