The Initiation

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Pub Date 27 Feb 2018 | Archive Date 11 Sep 2018

Description

As featured on CNN, the NY Post, Bloomberg, and others

Published two years before Covid, The Initiation is set a generation after an apocalypse that featured a global pandemic, a mass exodus from NYC, strict quarantines, riots over inequality, and federal forces brought in to restore order. Want to know what happens next?

Manhattan is now known as New America, a fully walled-in society based on equality. But the perfect facade hides a dark truth.

A timid math geek, sixteen-year-old Drayden watches his life crumble when his beloved mother is exiled. The mystery of her banishment leads him to a sinister secret: New America is in trouble, and every one of its citizens is in jeopardy.

With time running out, he enters the Initiation. It’s a test within the empty subway tunnels—-a perilous journey of puzzles and deadly physical trials. Winners join the ruling Bureau and move to its safe haven. But failure means death. Can Drayden conquer the Initiation, or is salvation out of his grasp?
As featured on CNN, the NY Post, Bloomberg, and others

Published two years before Covid, The Initiation is set a generation after an apocalypse that featured a global pandemic, a mass exodus from NYC...

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ISBN 9781682615935
PRICE $21.00 (USD)
PAGES 320

Average rating from 58 members


Featured Reviews

This is book #1 of what will surely be a fantastic trilogy!

Awesome premise, excellent writing, and wonderfully developed characters. Some you will love and some you will love to hate.

One of my favourite things about this book is the setting. Imagine bustling NYC reduced to segregated ‘zones’ and the rest of it in ruins, with the actual initiation taking place beneath the streets in what is now the abandoned subways tunnels and stations of Manhattan. How cool is that?

I really enjoyed this one. It is a little bit “Hunger Games”, with an Orwellian flavour which I think Dystopian readers will love. It is packed with intense action but there are also unexpected alliances, even budding romance that also makes this an appealing story for readers new to the genre.

Guys, this one is a must read!

Rating… A
*Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Oh my goodness, what just happened to my heart? I cannot get enough of Drayden! The author does a superb job with developing an engaging and interesting character, and the supporting characters are equally fascinating. I admit that it took me about seventy pages to get into the faster paced content, but the world was being built in those pages. It's a difficult task to create a post-apocolyptic style world with new rules and places, but it was pulled off seamlessly. I usually find myself able to solve riddles that I find in books, but I admit that I was stumped on the complex riddles laid out in the Initiation!

The plot was absolutely amazing, creating several facets of views depending on which character you chose to focus on. With Drayden, family was the biggest reason while others wanted to escape their family. I find myself wishing I could find out what happens next already! I don't believe I have a single negative thing to say about this book. This was an amazing work that I never wanted to put down.

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I could not put this book down! It only took me about a day to read because I could just connect with the characters so well. I could connect with Drayden on a personal level, as he kind of just let everyone push him around and not do much about being bullied. I would recommend this book to anyone who loved sic fi/ dystopian books. There was a lot of backstory to this but it was still very good

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I received this book for free from Netgalley and Publisher/author in exchange for honest review.

First, lets just look at this cover. LOVE IT!

This book was just amazing. I loved the world building in the book. This book kept me on the edge of my seat. I hate it took me this long to pick this book up. This book was issued to me a month ago by Netgalley and I just now picked it up to read. I love a good book set in Manhattan New York. This book was fast paced and full of turns.

The author did a great job translating this story. I was not a let down.

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Wow oh wow! This book! This book was a gripping, mind blowing, dystopian. It’s a test of intellect and bravery. I just love when books turn out better than expected!

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