Children of the Miracle

this was a great scifi novel, the plot was fascinating and I really loved the use of hybrids and a pandemic. I look forward to more from the author and hopefully more from this universe.

Children of the Miracle by Daniel Weisbeck. The story is extremely captivating and cleverly imaginative. Populated with unusual and reliable characters from test tube babies to Avian hybrids in a future world that is vividly described. Suspense, wonder, excitement, horror, love and so much more in this story. Anxiously awaiting for the second book in the series.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

The science fiction genre creates stories of futures that push the boundaries of ethics, technology and humanity. Children of the Miracle by Daniel Weisbeck is a novella that does just that via a tale which takes a genius doctor to another continent in order to work with unknown entities to devise a cure for a new pandemic. Dr. Mercy Perching finds many ethical lines are crossed in the land where she goes to utilize her lifelong research and work with other researchers who are way past her level. She creates relationships there that become quite close in less than 200 pages, making this reader wish we could have had a whole novel’s worth of adventures to build time spent with those characters. However the story makes us ponder if the biological changes, adaptations and experiments worth it for a breakthrough? How does society deal with the living results of these experiments? When a new “race” of people is created, are they treated equally in society? Who controls their population?

“The Ambassador explained: ‘The goal of hybrid breeding is variation. We aim to fracture the human evolutionary path in as many different directions as we can to ensure survival. However, there are rules – guidelines for acceptable hybrid breeds so that we can live together in a productive society.”

Are as many questions and problems begun as those that are to be answered? Weisbeck’s first novella harkens back to H. G. Wells’ Island of Dr. Moreau in the issues (and creatures) that are created, as well as the secrecy of those in charge. His vivid descriptions of the new beings found on Dr. Perching’s adventure create a detailed picture of the beasts. His nomenclature of animal/human hybrids is well explained as is the technology in this world that is recovering from both a pandemic and major climate change. I so enjoyed the world of this book and can envision so many more adventures that can stem from the ending. I was able to read this book via #netgalley for an honest review and I look forward to the promised sequel!

Children of the Miracle was amazing. The unimaginable utopia with equally unimaginable issues. It has a completely unexpected forbidden love story with enemies in high places.
If you're looking for different, this is it. It makes for a great read with more than enough turns and twists.

Children of the Miracle.

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The premise of the book is not only compelling, but really interesting. The Sci Fi aspect is impressive. There's not much in the way of character development, still the story is something I felt I needed to discover and follow to its conclusion. Unfortunately by the middle of the book it all starts falling down. The fast pace painfully slows down, the characters loose all credibility. Still I'm giving this book four stars, since the science depicted in the story is simply breathtaking.

Some of the reviews on this book talk about the allegory for this or the metaphor. I read for the story and the characters. I thought this was a well written book. The characters were well developed. The story kept my attention.
Sanctuary of the America has requested help from the Sanctuary of Europe, possibly the last two enclaves of people left on the planet after a disease from a recovered fossil decimates the world. Europe sends its best researcher to America, where she finds that the American sanctuary is far beyond Europe in science and has bred hybrid man-animals to neutralize the Fossil Flu. Now the Flu has mutated...
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Thank you NetGalley for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

Children of the Miracle: A dystopian thriller (The Children of the Miracle Series Book 1 by Daniel Weisbeck is a science fiction novel about a pandemic that has decimated most of the world. The Flu was released from ancient fossils hence the clever name Fossilflu. In this future world, there are sanctuaries, which act like bubbles. People do not travel or interact with different sanctuaries. One scientist, Dr. Mercy Perching is asked to travel to another sanctuary where they have been splicing human and animal DNA, creating a new breed called Chimeras. Animals are supposed to be immune to the virus, so the hope is the new breed of Chimeras could save humanity, but the virus has changed and is now infecting animals. This was an interesting fast-paced read. I enjoyed getting to know the characters, both Chimera and human. The description and images of this new world were superb. It kept me hooked, and I can’t wait to continue the adventure in a second book. I highly recommend it to fans who enjoy sci-fi and dystopian genres.

Children of the Miracle is a speculative sci-fi / dystopian novel about a world after a pandemic called FosilFlu. The remaining population lives in four sanctuaries. Doctor Mercy Perching from Sanctuary of Europe will be the first contact between two sanctuaries after hundred years. She travels to the Sanctuary of the Americas to help them with a new mutation of this deadly virus. But there, nothing is as expected. The world is quite different from hers. The Sanctuary of Americas is breathtaking: more advanced than hers, nature there is beautiful, animals, people don't have to live below ground. But soon, she learns that not everything is so great as it seems.

I liked the first half of the book better than the second. The author deals with a thought-provoking theme: what could happen if we would dare to play god. I would recommend this book to sci-fi and dystopia fans.

I received an advance review copy for free. Thanks for the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own.

Children of the Miracle is a wild blend of sci-fi and speculative fiction. Will be purchasing for the library collection.