Review: Post apocalyptic times with a Dystopian society.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
This was my first book by Shaun Myandee, but hopefully not the last. The book is well written and has few annoying grammatical errors. It has an absorbing plot enhanced with numerous technological and psychological merits. It centers around a young man named Jonas. He is one of the oppressed section of society living on the lower levels of Ametsapolis. Ametsapolis is the last city on Earth and has been constructed over centuries in the only known zone on the planet safe for human habitation. With no larger outward expansion possible due to radiation and toxic substances, the city can only be built up. As the city walls rise the rich and corrupt rise with them leaving the lowest dregs of society to eke out a miserable existence on the lower levels.Jonas discovers that he has special powers over people and develops a plan to turn the tides and take back the city from the corrupt and give it back to the oppressed lower classes. Along the way to achieving his objective Jonas meets with support as well as adversity from a broad spectrum of characters and events.I loved this book and would have given it 5 stars if not for the fact that I found it to go slowly at times. I had a slightly difficult time trying to sound out some pronunciations in my head while reading at normal speed. A bit like Tolkien I guess and not necessarily a bad thing. The bottom line here is, get this book and see for yourself. I think you will be glad you did