Review: Bring your tissues.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2012
I was given this book in return for an honest review. After a an EMP knocked out the worlds power, people are living on small energy sources and when they are used up, that's it. Having practiced doing drills in their underground shelter many times, Diamond and little brother Kel, and friend Sid and little sister Mica, didn't think anything was wrong when they had yet another. This time is different though, their parents don't enter the shelter with them and they hear gunfire right before they are shut in. They have everything they need if they are careful, but thinking they won't be there long, they don't ration or explore the shelter much. They can monitor everything outside the shelter via computer and have an escape tunnel should anything go wrong. They see and hear the same men that took their parents above. They say they are looking for "The Core". The kids have no idea what that is and hear way more than they should. Unfortunately many things go wrong and during an excursion to the outdoors, Sid is chased by bad guys and saved by three siblings. I love dystopian books, this is a short story, but even though it's short, I still got to know the characters and the situation. I even cried. Wonderful story and my only complaint is that I want more. Good thing I have the second novella already.