Review: A Brilliantly Woven Futuristic Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
Meet Asa. He's a 15 year old boy who's world is crumbling around the edges. The book begins as Wolf flu, a virulent virus, is beginning to devour the human race. Asa is immune, but the loss of his mother is a cruel blow. Life has much more instore for our protagonist, however. He is kidnapped and sent to 'The Academy' for what can only be described as the most exacting, gruelling, torturous and extreme of training regimes.The Academy is a secret organisation with a secret agenda, but it is quickly apparent that there is plenty of money stored between its walls. Genetic manipulation allows Asa to grow wings in his first week and that is only the beginning of where his DNA and a few injections might take him.This had me gripped from the word go. Think of a gigantic, futurist game zone where the inhabitants are the players and where life and death are a common everyday occurrence. It's gritty, it's thrilling and you won't be able to put it down for a single second.Loved it. Want more!