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Flood and Fire (Raiders' Ransom #2)
by
Emily Diamand (Goodreads Author),
Diamand
The Riveting Sequel to the Award-Winning RAIDERS' RANSOM
She survived the epic battle of the raiders on the rough waters that flood England. Now poor fishergirl Lilly is determined to return Lexy, the Prime Minister's kidnapped daughter, to her home. And since his father was killed in the clash, Zeph is equally determined to claim leadership of his family's clan before more...more
She survived the epic battle of the raiders on the rough waters that flood England. Now poor fishergirl Lilly is determined to return Lexy, the Prime Minister's kidnapped daughter, to her home. And since his father was killed in the clash, Zeph is equally determined to claim leadership of his family's clan before more...more
Paperback, 464 pages
Published
by Chicken House
(first published 2010)
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Ages 10-14. Sequel to Raider's Ransom. If you haven't read the first book (which I haven't), it takes a while to figure out what's happening and who the characters are, and being written in fractured British English slang doesn't help. Eventually we learn that this is a post-technology future world, where the British Isles are flooded and society has broken into the English and the Families, raiders who want to rid Lunden of the oppressive English. The story alternates between Lily, an orphan wh...more
In the sequel to Raiders' Ransom, Lilly, Lexie, and Cat have escaped from the raiders and somehow survived a battle in the waters that surround twenty-third century England. They still have what may be the only computer in existence, and Lilly knows that the computer is running out of power. They head to Cambridge and then to Scotland where scholars may be able to help them, but they are being tracked by Lilly's friend Zeph who is now the leader of one group of raiders who must find the computer...more
The Prime Minister’s daughter, Lexy, has been rescued from the raiders, but now Lilly must find a way to return the young girl home. There is no time to think of herself, and of the life she once could have had. All the fishergirl Lilly can do is try to stay one step ahead of all those after her, and the gaming computer—PSAI—she possess. Zeph, the raider boy who she became friends with, has his own problems. With his father’s death, the Angel Isling Family is in peril—from the inside and the out...more
Zugegeben: Ich habe sehr lange gebraucht um dieses Buch zu beenden. Als ich es mir damals in England kaufte, hatte ich gerade das erste Buch gelesen und wollte nun unbedingt das zweite noch bevor es auf Deutsch erschien lesen. Wahrscheinlich lag es an meiner mangelnden Erfahrung auf englisch zu lesen, aber ziemlich schnell nachdem ich angefangen hatte, legt ich das Buch weg. Der umgangssprachliche Schreibstil war ziemlich schwierig zu lesen und die Handlung zog sich für mein Empfinden ziemlich....more
Zephs familj ligger illa till. Efter att hans pappa startade ett krig utan de andra pirtafamiljernas medgivande funderar de nu på att döda hela Zephs familj. Men det betyder inte att de kan strunta i kriget, och de har fått höra talas om Lilly och hennes dator. Så nu har Zeph ställts inför ett val: hitta Lilly och hennes dator, eller se hela sin familj dö...
Samtidigt har Lilly och Lexy, premiärministerns dotter, också problem. Datorn håller på att få slut på batteriet och när de med hjälp av en...more
Samtidigt har Lilly och Lexy, premiärministerns dotter, också problem. Datorn håller på att få slut på batteriet och när de med hjälp av en...more
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Whoa! Well that certainly was an action-packed ride. I have to say that I can see why I misplaced it as the book took a hundred or so pages to get going. There’s no point in me pointing out that the spelling is diabolical as it’s spelt how Lilly says it. That did irritate for a while I will admit but I managed to get past it. Once I got into the story I found it so much easier to read and I loved how it didn’t let up for one moment.
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Whoa! Well that certainly was an action-packed ride. I have to say that I can see why I misplaced it as the book took a hundred or so pages to get going. There’s no point in me pointing out that the spelling is diabolical as it’s spelt how Lilly says it. That did irritate for a while I will admit but I managed to get past it. Once I got into the story I found it so much easier to read and I loved how it didn’t let up for one moment.
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Flood and Fire by Emily Diamand continues the adventures of Lilly, Lexy, Zeph and PSAI. Lexy still hasn't been returned to her Prime Minister father and PSAI is in desperate need of repairs after having been tossed into the water. Zeph, meanwhile finds himself the head of the Raiders.
For me, the best parts of the book were those that centered on Lilly, Lexy and PSAI. PSAI's knowledge of the time before the flood give the best hints of what has happened and how things have changed.
With this book,...more
For me, the best parts of the book were those that centered on Lilly, Lexy and PSAI. PSAI's knowledge of the time before the flood give the best hints of what has happened and how things have changed.
With this book,...more
Flood and Fire is a cross between the Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Flies and Terminator.
A curious combination but it somehow works.
I can appreciate how clever the book is but somehow this slowed my reading and clouded my enjoyment. Emily Diamand gives the characters believable voices and her view of the futuristic UK is a realistic one.
There is also a strong moral tone to this book which may be valuable to it's target audience.
At 40, I think I was too old to really appreciate it. I've passed it...more
A curious combination but it somehow works.
I can appreciate how clever the book is but somehow this slowed my reading and clouded my enjoyment. Emily Diamand gives the characters believable voices and her view of the futuristic UK is a realistic one.
There is also a strong moral tone to this book which may be valuable to it's target audience.
At 40, I think I was too old to really appreciate it. I've passed it...more
This book is the sequel to the book Raiders Ransome and in this book Lilly has to, once again, reture the prime ministers daugter to the prime minister but this time the setting takes place in London and they have to stop the war between the raiders and the military.But this time she's not alone!With her is the last computeever, the prime ministers daghter, a raider boy, a scottish historian and a friend from book one.Also this time the stakes are higher than before.If she doesn't stop this war...more
great conclusion to this story. I really liked how lilly and zeph ended up in this book. I enjoyed the fact that they both have strong personalities and their characters really shine through in this story. I liked the conflict and the tension of the book.
I also loved how nothing is black and white in this book and how Lilly and Zeph have to figure this out. Zeph especially has really hard choices to make and he really comes into his own when he figures out how to balance his honor against what...more
I also loved how nothing is black and white in this book and how Lilly and Zeph have to figure this out. Zeph especially has really hard choices to make and he really comes into his own when he figures out how to balance his honor against what...more
Sequel to RAIDERS' RANSOM and just as good, this takes Lilly, Lexy, Zeph and totally fab AI PSAI through the fens to Cambridge, and then on to war-torn London in search of a second megacomputer from the bad old days, and a fulfilling ending for all. The AI is even more pompous and funny than in the opener, and the author really sets up some hard choices for her characters....so kudos to her.
Okay idea. Failed execution. I was bored and skim read quite a lot of the back half. I wouldn't have missed anything by not reading this book. Mention of prostitution. Some violence. Nothing special. Nothing bad. The characters were bland and blah. The writing was sub par. The only "person" I liked was the computer, ?PSA?, I think. Not recommended.
An action-packed sequel to Raider's Ransom. I really liked how the characters ended up. Not everything is a happy ending, but such is life. Will there be another one showing how Zeph, Lilly and Lexy along with their assorted friends revive London and possibly bring peace among the surviving nations? If so that would be awesome! If not, I guess will live with it.
I really wanted to like this one as much as I loved the first one, but it left me a bit unsatisfied. Things were wrapped up a bit too neatly; characters were resolved a bit too conveniently--of course, they grew and developed, which is more than I can say for some authors, but it didn't give me a really feeling of resolution. I was sad.
Loved this fabulous sequel to Raiders' Ransom. I listened to the first book (twice!) and loved the narration, so I was going to wait to see if this one was released on audio. But I couldn't wait any longer, so I got a print copy. And it was just as much fun to read as the first was to listen to. Plus, it was fun to see the way things were spelled in a future day when they didn't have the same meaning, like "Temz" (Thames) or the "Emaleven" (M11 motorway.) Clever. Ms. Diamand does a brilliant job...more
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Good, but the ending seemed kind of rushed. I was kind of confused on what the heck was happening.
Good continuation of the series. Did not grab me quite as much, but kids will like it still.
Just as much fun for me as the first one - good mix of "old school fantasy" and tech-y stuff.
It's a little bit better than the first book, but I can't say I really like these.
Sadly I used this book as a rebound book and although I read it quickly and enjoyed I dont remember much of it.
Jun 01, 2011
Clay
marked it as to-read
I really liked Raiders Ransome, so I'm looking forward to this one.
It's the sequel of a book I started reading because my husband took it out of the library. It deals with a post-apocalyptic world where the government is run by a tyrant and is fighting the raiders, a type of pirate with a union. In the middle is Lilly, the primary user for a genetically linked super gaming system called PSAI. She is a fisherperson who is forced to make her living on the seas with a gifted seacat.
The sequel deals with Lilly and Lexi finding a place for PSAI. It's good. It was i...more
The sequel deals with Lilly and Lexi finding a place for PSAI. It's good. It was i...more
I like that I know "what happened next" with this story but this book was clunky and hard to get into when the first one was like eating candy. Two girls and a cat are traveling in a future world where they are in possession of the last working computer in the world. Meanwhile, the son of an important raider is both trying to capture them and protect them at the same time. The dialect and changing point of view made this tedious to read. I won't be looking for the third book in this series and t...more
sequel to Raiders Ransom
I really enjoyed the first book, Raiders Ransom, but I found myself not excited to read this at night. I am not sure it is because it had been a while since reading the first one, I was looking forward to reading another book I have been waiting to come out, or if this book just did not live up to the expectation. If you have nothing else to read and like dystopian piracy, then give it a shot. Its not bad, it just isn't great.
Was a good sequel.... kept me on the edge of my seat as I was interested in seeing what all played out. I really like the characters. Would recommend it.
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Emily Diamand found her way into authoring when her debut novel won the Times/Chicken House prize for children's fiction in 2008. Prior to that she had various jobs including environmental campaigner, organic farmer, surveyor of trees, brussels sprouts picker and pond digger.
Her first novel Flood Child (previously published as Reavers Ransom) was sold in eighteen languages, shortlisted for the Bra...more
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Her first novel Flood Child (previously published as Reavers Ransom) was sold in eighteen languages, shortlisted for the Bra...more
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