More October reading
Soon after the last lot of books, I read the final book in Hugh Howey's Wool Series, Dust. Jules is back home, in Silo 18, organising the rescue of Solo and the children she met in Silo 17. Donald is in Silo 1, trying with his sister's help to get a drone up, while at the same time posing as Thurman. When his deception and his communication with Silo 18 are discovered, Silo 18 is "shut down", with only a few hundred of its people escaping over to Silo 17. Their eventual fate was, for me, quite a satisfying conclusion to this fascinating vision of the future.
A few months ago I read one of the books I bought the girls' cousins for Christmas. Eoin Colfer has a new(ish) series, WARP, and the first one is The Reluctant Assasin. I thought it was great - hopefully the recipient will too. This is taken from Amazon - "Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBI's Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP). Riley is unwittingly transported via wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick.
In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron Savano, a nineteen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesses all of the scientist's knowledge. He is determined to track Riley down and use the timekey in Chevie's possession to make his way back to Victorian London where he can literally change the world."
A few months ago I read one of the books I bought the girls' cousins for Christmas. Eoin Colfer has a new(ish) series, WARP, and the first one is The Reluctant Assasin. I thought it was great - hopefully the recipient will too. This is taken from Amazon - "Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBI's Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP). Riley is unwittingly transported via wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick.
In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron Savano, a nineteen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesses all of the scientist's knowledge. He is determined to track Riley down and use the timekey in Chevie's possession to make his way back to Victorian London where he can literally change the world."