Aster - A Life in After World
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Publisher Description
Human evolution is put back on track thanks to the Red Sun Millennia causing the failure of all electric-based technology. Only the strongest gene pools and adaptations survive. This is the story of one of those lives in After World.
At fifteen she found herself afloat aboard a leaky dingy with a strange boy. She could not remember how she got there and in fact could not remember anything about her life. Not even her own name. Somehow blessed with amazing medical skills, she fought to find her identity and to protect the one she loved. But she is torn between two mothers. To which does she belong?
Customer Reviews
A wonderful addition to the After World series
This book is full of twists and turns you just don't expect (as opposed to the ones you often do expect in other books). I'm almost unwilling to talk about the book because I'd hate to give the things away. So I'll try to keep it generic.
The world this takes place in is a post-apocalyptic world. Not the result of a nuclear bomb or something similar, but from an astrological event. Thousands of years later, man (and its genetically mutated brothers) has emerged from the ashes and is rebuilding.
Aster is a 'lost daughter'...but she doesn't know she's lost, nor does she know she's a 'daughter'. In fact, she has no memories at all, yet has a lot of knowledge. She settles in to an orphanage and hospital run by a religious order. There she falls in love with a young man, much to the dismay of the religious order.
The book then goes on a roller coaster ride of explosions, gunfire, hiding and seeking, and events that change the face of this small piece of After World.
If you're familiar with the other books and short stories of the "After World" series, here you'll run in to some old friends, and may even recognize Aster from the short story "A Day in a Life in After World: Maggie" (which is also included as bonus material at the end of this novel).
I highly recommend this book. In fact I highly recommend the entire "After World" series.