The Synopsis: Throughout the world “Gifted” people go about their lives like anyone else in this world preoccupied by their daily lives, unaware of their special ancestral blood line. There are less than a thousand such individuals left on this world. In an effort to attempt to “civilize” this world, the Council of Nine, a Federation of nine Empires occupying this quadrant of the galaxy, had sent some of its people to try and create a human being capable of overcoming their barbaric behavior by creating a new genetic pool with basic traits common to all Empire people: superior intelligence, and telepathic and empathic abilities. Their descendants, the Gifted, born of mixed parents (“gods” and humans) are now emerging on the eve of the annihilation of this planet’s civilizations.
On the morning of 10 April 2020, ironically Good Friday, a religious holiday celebrating the death of a savior, life on Earth would change forever. A nuclear holocaust provoked by an incompetent and feeble minded US President, triggers unparalleled devastation and violent climate disasters. The earth has been severely injured.
It seems like Mother Nature wants to cleanse herself of the human race. This planet is likely doomed…Gaïa is dying.
Their quest for survival is explored in this story.
The Review: The Survivors by JEG is a dystopian fantasy with real-world similarities and implications. The tale begins on Easter weekend 2020, when the ineptness of the American president set cataclysmic events into motion. Due to president “Prompt’s” decisions, other nations rise up and attack the United States, causing holocaustic devastation.
Through these nuclear attacks, mayhem erupts throughout the United States. Some states are completely obliterated, while rogues and militias wreaking havoc and preying on the weak and innocent occupy others. During this time of unrest, numerous individuals band together, being led to a central location. Among these individuals are the “Gifted,” and they possess telepathic and empathic links with each other. We learn that the “Gifted” are actually descendants of alien/human ancestors bred specifically by a council of nine empires within the Milky Way galaxy.
The Survivors by JEG is an engrossing science fantasy tale with multi-dimensional characters that are interrelated. JEG slowly crafts each of the integral characters and their abilities (supernatural and otherwise) into this well-woven plot. We follow them through their various journeys to find this central meeting place while the Guardian (an alien observer sent by the nine) keeps watch over them. If they can arrive safely, the Guardian will rescue the remaining “Gifted” and those who travel with them.
I enjoyed this dense and plot-driven story. The characters are vast and intriguing as is the narrative. There is a slight cliffhanger, but it is the first in the trilogy. I look forward to reading the next. 4.5 stars, easily.
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