This book
will be available July 12th.
Genre: Young Adult, Adult, Science
Fiction
Source: I received a copy from
Booksprout to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I really
enjoyed this book. In the beginning, I
felt it started a little slow. The more I read the longer I read. I sat up
until three in the morning finishing this book. A book has to be extremely good
for me to stay up that late. This book
is written as the journal of Robert Williams a fourteen-year-old when World War
III started.
Robert
Williams was one of the lucky ones or was he. When World War III became
imminent he and his mom were flown to an underground bunker. Why were they one
of the lucky ones? His father’s position
in the Department of Defense gave them a spot in the bunker. His
grandfather on his dad’s side is in a leadership position as well. From the
very beginning, we see what led up to WWIII and what life might be like is you
were lucky enough to be one of the chosen to survive in a bunker. But this book
did something that most dystopian, futuristic books have never done. Instead of
focusing on the survivors on the outside, it focused on the survivors on the
inside. We get a look through Robert’s eyes of what life like that would
possibly be like. I honestly believe that this is probably the most realistic
outlook of what that life could be like.
Our main
character grows up and becomes a man in this book. He sees his mentor in charge
of the library die. What he learned from that man is what turned him into the
person he became. There is so much I could say about this book, but this is one
that I want to not give away any plot points. Think about what you think life
would be like living in a bunker underground.
Then read this book and get a new perspective, a fresh look. How do you think
you would stack up to all of it? I will
definitely shout the praises of this book to everyone I know.
Author bio: I am a Ukrainian citizen who served as an airborne trooper and in the Security Service of Ukraine. For more than five years, I have been a digital artist in the field of video games development. I write under the pen name Radislav Borr.