Review: Outstanding series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
The Orphan Trilogy by James Morcan and Lance Morcan.  This is a series of three books about the Pedemont Orphans.  These orphans were created by using the sperm DNA of a variety of men and the egg from a female.  Thus they all had different mothers and a variety of fathers.  The exceptions to this were a set of twins who had the same mother and Nine and Seventeen who also had the same mother.  Their mother was Annette Hannar whose termination was decreed by Andrew Naylor, head of the Omega directors. Nine and Seventeen do not know they are siblings in the truest sense.  Nine knows his mother’s name but Seventeen doesn’t.  Their names were the order of their birth: One, Two, etc. up to 23.  All are geniuses.The series revolves around Nine, the ninth orphan.  He is the top orphan according to training specialist, Tommy Kentbridge.  His job is to train the orphans in all areas to make them into killing machines for Omega.  Nine is different from the others.  He shows his sensitive side when he refuses to kill a deer.  He falls in love with the girl next door.  Although he is top of the main list, he praises the other orphans when they beat him.  His sister, Seventeen, is very competitive and wants to be first in everything. There is a hardness to her which makes her like to see animals bleed to death.  She will not be afraid to kill anyone, especially Nine.  What happens when Nine decides to get out?This series is really great. The writing keeps you enthralled.  I had to stay up three different nights just to finish each book.  In the book you have suspense, laughter, romance, and tears.  The settings are all set out in great detail so you can “see” where you are and enjoy the scenery and see how it affects what they are able and unable to do.  The special thing about purchasing these as the trilogy is that you do not have to wait until the other one is released to read it.  I would definitely recommend these to my friends.  James and Lance Morcan are excellent writers and I look forward to reading more of their works.