Review: Very interesting Concept
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
Sometime in the distant future the United States no longer exists having been replaced by a society controlled by a king and a Congress with eight members who all live in the White House.  Society is segregated by blood; racism on steroids.  Anyone caught associating with someone outside their race is subject to execution.  This is the setting for the book and it is a very fascinating setting.The story starts off with the characters of Raine, Jem, and Lief who live in a small, and somewhat primitive, settlement on the Outer Rims.  Soon they find themselves being taken away from their home by a group of people far technologically advanced than them and carried to a foreign world.  The people who take them work for a resistance movement who are plotting to kill the King and believe that Raine is their salvation.  Raine and the others soon find themselves having to make very tough decisions and learn about betrayal and loss.I liked this story.  It is very easy to read and the world which the author creates is easy to imagine.  I found the plot intriguing and it is one I have not seen in other dystopian type novels.  But that's what makes it stand out.  One can easily relate to the characters of Jem, Raine, and Lief.  My only advice to the author is to try and "show" the story more, as in describe the sounds that he characters hear or when they touch something how does it feel.  But otherwise, it is a good book and I will look for the next in the series.