Jupiter Winds
In 2160, a teenager becomes the bait to capture her missing revolutionary parents she thinks are long dead.
C. J. Darlington | 2014 |
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In 2160, a teenager becomes the bait to capture her missing revolutionary parents she thinks are long dead.
Grey Alexander has one goal—to keep herself and her younger sister Orinda alive. Not an easy feat living unconnected in the North American Wildlife Preserve, where they survive by smuggling contraband into the Mazdaar government’s city zones. If the invisible electric border fence doesn’t kill them, a human-like patrol drone could.
When her worst fear comes true, Grey questions everything she she thought she knew about life, her missing parents, and God. Could another planet, whose sky swirls with orange vapors and where extinct-on-Earth creatures roam free, hold the key to reuniting her family?
“A fast-paced, character-driven space adventure that’s reminiscent of science fiction’s golden age.”
— Kathy Tyers, author of the Firebird series
I’m very torn about this book. On the one hand, its premise and story is a bold fresh idea on the increasingly overcrowded YA distopian scene, with its focus primarily on female characters independent of any male love interest, dueling mother/daughter subplots, and the choice to allow sisters to work with and for each other. There are alternate cultures and worlds, and an exploration of a planet I’ve never seen delved into with this vivid an imagination. On the other hand, the novel’s extreme creativity is hampered by the author’s limited writing style and characterization. Story ideas that sound good… Read more »