Review: Fantastic Premise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
To be honest, I hadn't read any of David Adams' works before now. As I work my way through the Silo Saga stories, I found myself drawn to the description of Insufficient. 4000 inhabitants in the silo, but just nine are women? What's up with that?Turns out, Adams stumbled upon a brilliant story-telling device for the Silo, pinning one gender against the other in a game of survival. To make it better, all the occupants are trained soldiers, willing to strategize and fight for what they want.We meet the protagonist, Turner, on the first page of the story and we also learn that she always wanted to be a writer. Along the journey, Adams weaves fairy tales and classic stories along with the internal dialogue to make the story unique to Turner.Part of what makes people go on and survive is the need to leave a legacy -- to have that son or daughter who will outlive you. When that future is taken away, what does that leave? When that future is there, but in very limited quantity, what will man do to acquire it?Adams has also done something unique in this story -- taken it back to the beginning. Right after the events of SHIFT when the silos first started. What would happen in a silo comprised of purely military where they longed for a life outside, but knew they weren't going to get it back?In regards to the price, I know the pricing for the Kindle Worlds stories isn't up to the author, rather that Amazon sets those prices. I'm sure that for the sequels, Adams is taking the price into account and will deliver quality work for the price.I loved how the story ended and look forward to where it goes from here.