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The Rule of Claw (The Rule of Claw #1)
A move away from the effervescent over-the-top world of Amy Peppercorn, this is the first of a series (to be followed by "City of Screams").
We enter a futuristic world and meet a band of sixteen year olds who were dumped in isolation at an early age. They're educated partly by gleaning facts from the few books in their possession, but primarily through their experiences o...more
We enter a futuristic world and meet a band of sixteen year olds who were dumped in isolation at an early age. They're educated partly by gleaning facts from the few books in their possession, but primarily through their experiences o...more
Hardcover, 404 pages
Published
March 1st 2009
by Carolrhoda Books
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The future has always held many things for humanity. Robots, flying cars, you name it, it's been done. But what isn't often told is what could happen, if it all goes wrong. If somewhere through time, we mess up, and the fate of the human race dangles on a thread held by a handful of teenagers.
Ash and her friends are the only teenagers left on Earth. Beyond the the fence of the ASL camp is only death and danger in the woods. They've grown up without adults, dreaming only of the world from their m...more
Ash and her friends are the only teenagers left on Earth. Beyond the the fence of the ASL camp is only death and danger in the woods. They've grown up without adults, dreaming only of the world from their m...more
Ash and her friends seem to be the only human teenagers left on earth, surviving in a camp by the ocean on the edge of a terrifying jungle. They survive by knowing which fruits and plants are edible, trusting each other, and looking to Ash for guidance, but their world is turned upside down after another camper takes control forcefully, leads a charge to kill a seagull, and creates distrust and anarchy in the group. However, a bigger storm begins to brew when Ash is kidnapped by the savage Rapto...more
An odd book, though I don't mean that in a negative way. If I had to compare it, I'd call it Lord of the Flies meets The Island of Dr. Moreau (with maybe a bit of Jurassic Park thrown in thanks to the sentient raptor societies). I found the story difficult to get into at first, possibly because of the odd linguistic structure of the teens, but I stuck with it and got used to things eventually. While the last villain to be introduced was a little over-the-top stereotypical for my taste, overall i...more
2.5/5 stars
This book was...weird. Nothing like I expected. It took me a good 200 pages to actually get into the book, and even then I struggled to keep reading. I had no idea what was going on for most of the book, but I think that's the point. You know as much as the teenagers, the Agles, do. You find out what's going on as Ash does. Usually, I enjoy that in a book. It makes you keep reading to figure out what's going on. But here it was so unclear that it backfired. It didn't help that the lan...more
This book was...weird. Nothing like I expected. It took me a good 200 pages to actually get into the book, and even then I struggled to keep reading. I had no idea what was going on for most of the book, but I think that's the point. You know as much as the teenagers, the Agles, do. You find out what's going on as Ash does. Usually, I enjoy that in a book. It makes you keep reading to figure out what's going on. But here it was so unclear that it backfired. It didn't help that the lan...more
Posted to my Livejournal in January 2009:
This science fiction novel is part survival story, part dystopia, and part slightly annoying treatise on the perils of genetic manipulation and environmental ignorance. Ash barely remembers a time before the ASP camp, where she and other kids have taken refuge on the beach after tumultuous events none of them remember. The adults disappeared long ago into the jungle, never to return. All that's left of them is the wire fences marked Admittance Strictly Pr...more
This science fiction novel is part survival story, part dystopia, and part slightly annoying treatise on the perils of genetic manipulation and environmental ignorance. Ash barely remembers a time before the ASP camp, where she and other kids have taken refuge on the beach after tumultuous events none of them remember. The adults disappeared long ago into the jungle, never to return. All that's left of them is the wire fences marked Admittance Strictly Pr...more
YA Sci Fi
I can’t believe I read the whole thing. Somewhere along the way I was no longer able to suspend belief. Sometime in the future, through wild genetic manipulation, the human population plummets and those left are altered, as are animals and plants. Some 30 children live on the beach in a barbed wire enclosure. Language is stunted and they feel hopeless. Stuff happens. Who cares? Maybe I’m being unfair, I did read it because it was well-reviewed.
I can’t believe I read the whole thing. Somewhere along the way I was no longer able to suspend belief. Sometime in the future, through wild genetic manipulation, the human population plummets and those left are altered, as are animals and plants. Some 30 children live on the beach in a barbed wire enclosure. Language is stunted and they feel hopeless. Stuff happens. Who cares? Maybe I’m being unfair, I did read it because it was well-reviewed.
Absolutely amazing. Loved the characters and the plot. Could not put it down. A thrilling book that gets and keeps you thinking about what we are doing to the world, how things will turn out, evolution and extinction. Brilliant. Ash the main character was strong, brave, courageous, but relatable and likeable. The author style of writing had it so that while I was reading it was like a movie in my head. This was because of the detail and flow of the words. 10 out of 10
I wasn't sure I was going to like this book. And at first, I didn't. The way the children spoke really put me off as a reader. It was very hard for me to keep my attention going, and I found myself re-reading things to get what was being said. However, as the story progressed towards the middle that eased a bit, and I was glad I stuck with it. It turned out to be a very exciting journey. One I look forward to continuing.
Fast paced plot, full of tense moments and frantic fight or flight elements. Kids, raptor mutations, rodents that are half human, along with religious zealots fill the pages of this novel with aggression. The underlying, subtle conflict is evolution versus creationism. Caught in the middle are the teenagers, who have grown up without any contact with adults, who are barely surviving.
I'm gonna be completly honest i bought this book because the cover was cool. It's all shiny green and scaly looking and i couldn't really decide what i wanted to read anyways so hey why not. Well becuase you end up getting a kind of crappy book. I just can't seem to get through this book and i really don't know why. It's not that bad of a book it's interesting and unlike anything i've ever read before but i just can't do it. I think it has something to do with the characters they aren't very sma...more
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OK. I didn't read this as much as attempt to read this, and shockingly I got more than 200 pages in before deciding I'd had enough. The story certainly has action and interesting characters, but what it lacks is any logic in its forward momentum.
Aug 22, 2009
Jianny
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Best book yet! After Twilight of course!:) I highly recommend this book becasue it is a mistery, and also about nature. You will enjoy reading it from day one, unitl the end.
So good. I was sucked in from the first page. Raptors! Yes! Mutants! Yes! Awesome story. I can not wait for the next one. The characters are great especially Little Three and Rat. Highly Recommend this one.
It was hard going but I think worth the effort to read it. One of those books that I kept drifting away from and going back to and having to force myself to pick it up. Was good in the first few and last few chapters but I struggled to stay interested in the middle bits.
Well now I'm very confused its a good book but I'm lost at the moment no not just the moment but from teh begging I'll have to see we're this will go
A very well-thought, creative book! I enjoyed both the story line and the characters.
Interesting book. Lingo made it a bit hard to follow at times but did lend an air of authenticity. Book ended with a nice lead into a sequel.
You will probably love this book if you are a vegitarian, aethiest.
Too political for me.
This book was painfully dumb.
Best ever apocalyptic book I have ever read.
#15/2011. Meh.
This started out great--I couldn't put it down. The strangeness of the teenage characters(Agles) and their behavior having grown up without adults was fascinating to me. I liked the evolution spin and the development of all of these other species. But the end was a bit strange for me. I am still intrigued to read the sequel though.
some weirdness at the end but it held my interest
Finally I've done reading this book! And it was awesome! :))))
I shall looking forward on reading Sidney Sheldon's old novel entitled The Stars Shine Down.
I shall looking forward on reading Sidney Sheldon's old novel entitled The Stars Shine Down.
I honestly don't know why I didn't like this book very much, maybe it was their dumbed down vocabulary. . .
I am somewhat disappointed these were bird-raptors and not dinosaur-raptors, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
dystopian world
May 08, 2013
Chrystal Crouch
marked it as to-read
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