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Eternity #1
The Shattered Genesis
"Eternity" Series Book
Brynna Olivier has always been more intelligent than everyone around her. A “genius,” a “prodigy” though she may be, she lives almost totally devoid of human contact by her own choice. That all changes one night on a street-corner in front of a bar in Washington, D.C. when she is approached by a suave, handsome older man for whom she feels an immediate attraction, certainly, but more so than that, about whom she feels curious. After he saves her from some other-worldly creatures he calls Reapers, he tells her that the world is going to end, and that the survivors will be traveling to Pangaea, a newly discovered, picture-perfect, seemingly uninhabited land far off in space.
Quinn and Alice are staying at home alone on their Christmas break in a suburb outside of Baltimore, Maryland, when they are menaced by a creature that sits outside of their window every night, wanting to be let inside. After Quinn has a nightmare and discovers that the world is ending, he and Alice join the group of survivors departing the Earth. Once on Pangaea, they face trials that test their love and idealism.
Violet is Brynna’s sister, and after having the same prophetic nightmare as Quinn, she helps gather up their other family members and make for the ship. In her new life on Pangaea, she grapples with her sister's complicated personality and her perceptions of their past, all while coming of age in this harsh and dangerous second home.
As the new beginning of man is shattered, Brynna, Quinn, and Violet must face the familiar darkness that will soon consume their brave new world.
Brynna Olivier has always been more intelligent than everyone around her. A “genius,” a “prodigy” though she may be, she lives almost totally devoid of human contact by her own choice. That all changes one night on a street-corner in front of a bar in Washington, D.C. when she is approached by a suave, handsome older man for whom she feels an immediate attraction, certainly, but more so than that, about whom she feels curious. After he saves her from some other-worldly creatures he calls Reapers, he tells her that the world is going to end, and that the survivors will be traveling to Pangaea, a newly discovered, picture-perfect, seemingly uninhabited land far off in space.
Quinn and Alice are staying at home alone on their Christmas break in a suburb outside of Baltimore, Maryland, when they are menaced by a creature that sits outside of their window every night, wanting to be let inside. After Quinn has a nightmare and discovers that the world is ending, he and Alice join the group of survivors departing the Earth. Once on Pangaea, they face trials that test their love and idealism.
Violet is Brynna’s sister, and after having the same prophetic nightmare as Quinn, she helps gather up their other family members and make for the ship. In her new life on Pangaea, she grapples with her sister's complicated personality and her perceptions of their past, all while coming of age in this harsh and dangerous second home.
As the new beginning of man is shattered, Brynna, Quinn, and Violet must face the familiar darkness that will soon consume their brave new world.
674 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2012
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February 8, 2013
This is probably going to end up being the next series that I read religiously. Rudacille has created characters that are not only three-dimensional and sympathetic, but she has created a romance that is kind of scandalous and definitely awesome! Brynna and James might be my new ship!
The story is fast-paced and epic. When the end of the world is a-comin', Brynna, her family and James have to travel into space to a new planet very similar to our Earth. They and all the other survivors think that it's uninhabited, but find that they're wrong; violent natives (or are they....?) have been living there for centuries, and are not exactly thrilled about these new intruders. The conflict begins as Earth-people versus natives, but then evolves into something much bigger.
If you want a read that you will not be able to put down, definitely try this book. I'll be monitoring this Mr. or Ms. Rudacille closely for the sequel! (And there totally will be one! There's no way it can end where he left it! I'll die!)
The story is fast-paced and epic. When the end of the world is a-comin', Brynna, her family and James have to travel into space to a new planet very similar to our Earth. They and all the other survivors think that it's uninhabited, but find that they're wrong; violent natives (or are they....?) have been living there for centuries, and are not exactly thrilled about these new intruders. The conflict begins as Earth-people versus natives, but then evolves into something much bigger.
If you want a read that you will not be able to put down, definitely try this book. I'll be monitoring this Mr. or Ms. Rudacille closely for the sequel! (And there totally will be one! There's no way it can end where he left it! I'll die!)
June 14, 2019
The shattered genesis consistently beats and batters the mind. It ruthlessly demands that you drop your mindset in favour of a raw investigation of the primal needs and urges that drive us. All characters are human in every way and thoroughly complicated as we often tend to be.
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