Review: Interesting Concept - It will make you think
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2012
This book takes place several thousands years in the future. There is little to no water left, everything is breaking down, there are no other creatures except the adapted humans. These humans have to grow all of their foods from DNA. They are no longer what we would call humans. There is little emotion and their bodies have become hairless forms that vaguely resemble what they used to look like. This is the end of the world, but they keep trying to stay alive.Liaei has been created from DNA in a lab. She is the only human alive in this new world that we would recognize. He whole purpose is to mate with The Clock King and produce more DNA. Liaei grows up a guinea pig. All of her vitals are constantly measures and she learns about her duty from a computer that shows her old film clips, books, and others things from our current time to prepare her for her task. This is hard on her because she is constantly reminded how different she really is. She is the only human created from DNA that has survived in a long period of time. So it is crucial that she mates and produced more DNA that can be used to save the dieing race.When she turns 15, she is sent to mate with The Clock King. But The Clock King is not like Liaei. He is frozen in time and is defrosted for a couple days when another Queen of the Hourglass is created. His memory is almost completely wiped clean. But he does remember enough to know that this society is dieing and he is tired of being nothing more than a stud for his DNA.When Liaei and The Clock King meet, things don't go as planned. The Clock King opens Liaei's eyes to the world around her and makes her feel more alive than anything else she has done in her 15 years. But how is this going to affect the dieing human race.This was an interesting book. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about it is all the training Liaei receives to prepare her for the meeting with The Clock King. This really shows how the society is locked into the survival mode instead of looking at the big picture. Here they are trying to fix a broken machine with no replacement parts or technology.I admit that I was disappointed in this story. Although it has potential, it just didn't do anything for me. It reminds me more of a story used for lectures than one to enjoy. If you like stories along this line I feel that you would enjoy this. Sorry, I thought it was more of one meant for the pleasure of reading.I received this story for free from the Library Thing review program in exchange for an honest review.