In a solar system where The
Authority decides who lives and who dies, only one of their own assassins can
stop them.
Glade Io is a trained killer.
Marked at a young age as an individual with violent tendencies, she was taken
from her family and groomed to be a Datapoint, a biotech-enabled analyst who
carries out the Culling. She is meant to identify and destroy any potential
threats to the human colonies. But when she’s kidnapped by rogue colonists
known as the Ferrymen, everything Glade thinks she knows about the colonies,
and The Authority that runs them, collapses into doubt.
Pulled between two opposing
sides, and with her family’s lives hanging in the balance, Glade is unsure of
who to trust—and time is running out.
My Review:
Glade Io was taken from her home at a young age to be
trained as an assassin. Glade’s job is to cull out people that have murderous
or violent tendencies to help make the world a better place to live.
When Glade is kidnapped by group of people that is known as
the Ferryman she soon learns that everything she has been taught and raised to
believe by The Authority may be a lie. After being kidnapped Glade starts to
question her whole life and The Authority. Glade has to be very careful in her investigation
of The Authority as it could cost her, her family.
You know you would think that I would get tired of reading
Dystopian novels after a while but I don’t think I could ever get tired of this
genre. Each book is unique its own way and each and every author adds their own
distinct touch to each novel just a little something that makes them all
different in some way or other. I love the world building in dystopian novels.
It bugged me to no end as to why Glade didn’t question The
Authority more than she did. Why didn’t she trust them less? I mean for the
things that The Authority did to her but on the other hand I guess she trusted
them and believed in them for the things that The Authority put her through. I
guess if they did to me what they did to her I would believe in them too. I am
not saying that she didn’t question what they taught her to believe because she
did.
Glade is one tough cookie to have lived through what The
Authority put her through and come out with her mind still intact. Most of the
characters were really great people but there were a few that I didn’t care for
very much and some I think are probably good but are sort of brain washed and
just need a little help. But there are some that you could probably never help
or change their ways. Some people are always going to be out for number one.
I really enjoyed reading The Culling and it will stay with
me for a long time to come. The Culling is a fast read but it is one that you
want to take your time with and absorb all that you can. I couldn’t believe
that ending it just blew me away I was like no, no, no way. I can’t wait to get
my hands on the next book in the series.
About the Author
Ramona Finn writes about courageous characters who fight to live
in broken, dystopian worlds. She believes a person's true characters is often
revealed in times of crisis, and there is no greater crisis than the worlds
that she drops her characters into!
She grew up sitting cross-legged on her town's library
floor--completely engrossed in science fiction books. It was always the
futuristic world or the universe-on-the-brink-of-extinction plotlines that drew
her in, but it was the brave characters who chose to fight back that kept her
turning the pages.
Her books create deep, intricate worlds with bold characters
determined to fight for their survival in their dystopian worlds--with a little
help from their friends. And, of course, romance is never out of the question
;)
Author
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The author is giving away a $50 Amazon gift card! You just need
to be ruthless (like the main protagonist) and cull 3 friends.
CULL 3 FRIENDS & WIN - To celebrate the release of 'The
Culling'. I'm giving away a $50 giftcard!
My protagonist Glade Io is a trained killer. Groomed as a
Datapoint, a biotech-enabled analyst, she's sent into the colonies to execute
the once-every-decade Culling—those deemed dangerous to the Authority's perfect
world are killed. She is ruthless—and I need you to be ruthless too. Cull 3 of
your friends to win. Who could you cull? Facebook.
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Such an interesting concept.
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