Created

Created #1

by Shannon Shaw

Seventeen year old Ethan awakes to find himself strapped to a medical gurney after being rescued from an attack from creatures that should not exist. Exhausted, and in disbelief, he soon learns that he has unwillingly been selected to take part in a government program that will transform him into a creature from his nightmares.

Guided by another of the Created, Ethan must deal with the rules of his new world, a burgeoning romance with a girl no longer of his kind and fight to stay alive.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal

303 pages, ebook

First published June 10, 2012

About the author

www.amazon.com/author/shannonshaw

My nonwriting career has been filled with the joy of teaching and coaching, but I have wanted to be a writer since I was a little boy.

Dealing with people of different socioeconomic backgrounds in the classroom, the court, the track and on the field have allowed me to develop an understanding of personalities and interspection under a variety of postive and negative conditions. These conditions are evident within my writing and have been hugely beneficial.

I do not want to be limited to a particular genre. I tend to write about topics or concepts that I find engaging. Ideas take over my thoughts and I have to get them out.

I lean more to horror and paranormal.

My current projects are part of a series, hopefully finished soon, involving werewolves, vampires, zombies and some surprises.

I am way too adicted to the television shows The Walking Dead and Being Human.

Reviews

[Tee loves Kyle Jacobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Created is one of those books that grabs you by surprise. At first glance you see the cover and think maybe it could be a story about ghosts or haunting's because there is a shadow in the midst of the fog. Then you start reading and the book draws you in to this world that is not normal at first glance.

Ethan is a 17 year old boy living a normal life until one day he wakes up and he finds himself in a hospital on a bed strapped down. All he can remember is a creature attacked him and he is not sure exactly what or who it was but he does remember that whatever it was was not natural and it was definitely not human.

Then Ethan realizes that he unwillingly has been selected to be a part of the governments secret program. The government knows what happened to Ethan and they want him to be a part of the program. Once they explain what Ethan has become he has to decide whether or not he will be a part of the Created. Ethan decides he will join the program and embrace what he has become. Better said than done because Ethan has to get used to a new set of rules and laws and if matters weren't worse Ethan falls in love with someone he really can't have.

Will Ethan be able to embrace his new life? Will he find love or will he be lonely? This is a must read and I can't wait to read book two.

[Maghon Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an interesting concept. Hmm, think mad scientists meets technology and gets their hands on a fairy tale book! LOL well, the title is called Created because that’s exactly what happens, Monsters are Created… For sport and entertainment. And they are held in a place called “the farm” where rich people can hunt them. Ya know, that’s pretty damn scary!

I very much liked the concept. Take a human, make him your “experiment”, and thus, myths are born into reality. Vampires and werewolves are real life, and they have names like GV3, meaning generation vampire 3. It’s interesting, if not scary. And when Ethan, a young man awakes after a seriously tragic accident of hunting, he isn’t a human anymore, or not fully human. I like Ethan’s voice. He kept me interested in the story. He’s got a likable personality and he’s in a real tight spot.

Being the debut of the series, I found a few little holes BUT that didn’t take away from the story for me. I still enjoyed it. The writing has a style all it’s own. I liked that you were seeing what Ethan was seeing so it made for a more real appearance. Things were described as Ethan encountered them and that saved on big information dumps or long winded descriptions. I also like that it’s an urban fantasy type story but mixes some horror in there. And it’s young adult so it can easily fit into a lot of different reader’s genres. It even has a little romance

Overall, I enjoyed the story and I look forward to picking up book 2, which I very much like the cover for LOL. I’m thinking with that crazy themed plot and that twist at the end, something big may come for book 2! it’ll be a fun ride 3.5 PAWS from me!!

[Jeremy Croston · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love my paranormal reads and ne that features the government kidnapping teenagers and turnin them into vampire soldiers was a fantastic story plot. Ethan, our mc for this journey was just enough of a helpless case to make you feel sorry for him at first, that is until he discovers a few vital pieces of information about the program and himself. I'm kind of surprised I hadn't found this series sooner.

[Heidi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I struggled through this book. I real liked the ideal of vampire soldiers created by the government but that's not what I got. This was more of a boy who didn't know what he wanted. The becoming was misleading and made me think this would be less teenage angst.

[Ethan Anhalt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far one of my most favorite books ever