2128: The world we know
is dead. Billions of people are gone, and the Earth is barely habitable.
The descendants of the rich and powerful cling to life in habitats
beneath the ground. In the closed confines of these buried communities,
their scientists work desperately to restore the biosphere, in the hope
that one day their people will escape the prisons that had been created
for them.
Evie and Garrett, the most brilliant and devoted of these scientists, volunteer to leave the East USA habitat and trek across the land Outside on a mission of mercy to Southeast USA. While Outside, they discover that, despite what those living in the habitats think, others have also survived the catastrophes of the late 21st century.
Meanwhile, John Morgan, a man born to power in the wrong time and the wrong place, looks for a way to win even if it means mass murder and the complete and utter ruination of Earth. Will Evie and Garret be able to stop him? Or is there another way?
Evie and Garrett, the most brilliant and devoted of these scientists, volunteer to leave the East USA habitat and trek across the land Outside on a mission of mercy to Southeast USA. While Outside, they discover that, despite what those living in the habitats think, others have also survived the catastrophes of the late 21st century.
Meanwhile, John Morgan, a man born to power in the wrong time and the wrong place, looks for a way to win even if it means mass murder and the complete and utter ruination of Earth. Will Evie and Garret be able to stop him? Or is there another way?
Wow this was a depressing book. I knew this book was a post-apocalyptic book
with a last ditch effort plot but I did not expect the plight of Ms.
Greenspan’s characters to be so bleak.
Ms. Greenspan gives humanity a complete reboot in her world and allows
the completely scientific to rule and develop a new society in hopes to fix the
damage their ancestors created. However,
not even the scientists were immune to the draw of power and after almost a
hundred years of dedicated scientific research one man decides the Earth is no
longer a cause worthy or their time and intellect.
This story reminds me so much of the
story of Pandora ’s Box and how she released all the evil into the world but was
able to keep hope. Life is again thrown
in to utter despair and the hope to thwart evil is reliant upon Garret and
Evie, two New Scientists dedicated to saving the Earth. I thought it very telling how the female
protagonist of this story is named Evie. It is reminiscent of the original Eve who is
said to have introduced evil into the world.
While Eve may have committed Original Sin, Evie is charged with saving
human life.
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