Apocalypse Five
Archive of the Fives Book 1
by Stacey Rourke
Published: February 12, 2019
Publisher: Black Spot Books
Genre: Fantasy, Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian,
Science Fiction, Young Adult, Aliens
Blurb:
The end of the world is coming. How or when, scientists
can’t agree upon. For decades, Earth’s best line of defense has been a team of
young soldiers known as the Apocalypse Five, forced into virtual reality
simulations to train for Doom’s Day. But, this is no game. Death on the grid is
brutally final, and calls up the next in a long line of cadets. Stationed
aboard the AT-1-NS Starship, the A5 are celebrities thrust into the limelight
by a calling they didn’t choose.
All it takes is one unscheduled mission, showing
seventeen-year-old team leader Detroit a harsh and unfathomable reality, to
shake the A5’s belief in all they thought they knew. After questioning people
with the power to destroy them, the team is framed for a crime they didn’t
commit and marked for death. Now, the hunt is on. Can the Apocalypse Five
expose the truth the starship would kill to keep hidden? Or, will their bravery
end in a public execution?
Apocalypse Five is a unique dystopian adventure that takes a
look at a worst possible scenario for Earth’s future through a lens of some of
today’s most powerful themes. It focuses on empowerment, inclusion, and the
call for unheard voices to rise, with a diverse cast of characters readers
won’t be able to resist cheering for.
My Review:
The Apocalypse Five or A5 as they are called live on a
starship and spend their days training so they can save Earth. They train in
virtual reality simulations to get them ready for the big day. When they are
sent on their first mission they find out that they might not be playing a game
after all that it might just all be for real.
When the team start to question if what they saw was real or
not they find themselves in a little bit of trouble. They are framed for
something they did not do. They make their escape and go to Earth and there the
truth starts to unravel. The A5 are all determined to find the answers they
need on Earth and to reveal the truth that has been withheld from them and make
things right.
This is not the first book by Stacey Rourke that I have read
and I am sure it won’t be the last. I love apocalyptic, dystopian and science
fiction books so when I saw Apocalypse Five I knew I had to read it and so I
jumped right in. It was everything I was expecting and more it did not
disappoint in the least.
The world building is out of this world crazy amazing.
Apocalypse Five has action from the first page right up until the last and it
never leaves you hanging. The characters are all so real and each scene is
written is such a way that you feel as if you are right there with them no
matter if they are on Earth or on the starship. I can’t wait to see what the
author has in store for us in the next book.
If you like spaceships and outer space type books set in an
apocalyptic, dystopian world then you are going to love Apocalypse Five.
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