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The Biohunter: A Fracture Story
When a monster hunter's last mission is to capture a wasteland girl, his only chance of survival is to turn the hunt around. * WINNER 2026 Independent Press Award for Action/Adventure! *
Hunt the monsters of the wasteland.
Bring them back alive.
Retire.
Ninety years after the devastating global "Fracture," the biosphere has collapsed. The few remaining cities, once bastions of human survival, have become fortresses of power ruled by ruthless corporations. Axel Mercer, a former soldier, explores the hostile plains to recover organisms for scientific research. But the corporations who run civilization want more.
As his last mission, Mercer is sent to recover a specimen that could bring eternal life to the corporate elites. He learns this organism is not a monster, but a teen girl—a wasteland fighter hardened by a life of survival. Her spirit and fierce determination challenge everything Mercer has believed about his job, his future, and his questionable past.
In a world where power is worth more than life itself, Mercer must decide which side of the fight he belongs on—and what kind of future is worth fighting for.
An action-packed dystopian novel with a simple premise, crazy twists, cruel desires, a pinch of humor, and all the blood and violence of an edge-of-your-seat action movie.
The BookFest 2025 - Second Place Award
Fiction - Sci-Fi - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Content Violence to adults, children, animals; guns & warfare; language; elevators
Hunt the monsters of the wasteland.
Bring them back alive.
Retire.
Ninety years after the devastating global "Fracture," the biosphere has collapsed. The few remaining cities, once bastions of human survival, have become fortresses of power ruled by ruthless corporations. Axel Mercer, a former soldier, explores the hostile plains to recover organisms for scientific research. But the corporations who run civilization want more.
As his last mission, Mercer is sent to recover a specimen that could bring eternal life to the corporate elites. He learns this organism is not a monster, but a teen girl—a wasteland fighter hardened by a life of survival. Her spirit and fierce determination challenge everything Mercer has believed about his job, his future, and his questionable past.
In a world where power is worth more than life itself, Mercer must decide which side of the fight he belongs on—and what kind of future is worth fighting for.
An action-packed dystopian novel with a simple premise, crazy twists, cruel desires, a pinch of humor, and all the blood and violence of an edge-of-your-seat action movie.
The BookFest 2025 - Second Place Award
Fiction - Sci-Fi - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Content Violence to adults, children, animals; guns & warfare; language; elevators
230 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2024
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Ingrid Moon is an author, educator, and scientist, among other things. Early indoctrination into science and speculative fiction led her to pursue science and technology as a career.
She lives in Los Angeles with her family and many, many (too many) cats, pigs, and squirrels, but she is not a crazy cat lady.
https://bit.ly/moon-news-gr
Ingrid Moon is an author, educator, and scientist, among other things. Early indoctrination into science and speculative fiction led her to pursue science and technology as a career.
She lives in Los Angeles with her family and many, many (too many) cats, pigs, and squirrels, but she is not a crazy cat lady.
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November 25, 2024
I don't do synopsis of books. I give my impressions. Been reading SiFi for over 70 years (yep that old).
Encountered just about every basic scenario imaginable. Only so many ways to say "good vs bad". Just told in different ways. The plot, conflicts, resolution are not what's important. How they're presented is what keeps my attention. There have been books I haven't finished due to being uninteresting, repetitious, and predictable. Although some I probably would have enjoyed 65 years ago.
I can highly recommend this book.
Biohunter had some very interesting takes on a dystopian society along with excellent character development and sufficient action sequences without going "ain't no way that could happen".
The Light-Hearts back-story could generate an entire series if handled in the same manner .
Read the book to find out who they are:).
Encountered just about every basic scenario imaginable. Only so many ways to say "good vs bad". Just told in different ways. The plot, conflicts, resolution are not what's important. How they're presented is what keeps my attention. There have been books I haven't finished due to being uninteresting, repetitious, and predictable. Although some I probably would have enjoyed 65 years ago.
I can highly recommend this book.
Biohunter had some very interesting takes on a dystopian society along with excellent character development and sufficient action sequences without going "ain't no way that could happen".
The Light-Hearts back-story could generate an entire series if handled in the same manner .
Read the book to find out who they are:).
December 7, 2024
Absolute power and corruption.
It took me about 10 chapters to really get into this story. I had a hard time figuring out the significance of key players and what their role was as well as the whole setting. I still don’t understand what the event was that triggered worldwide devastation. Within a dystopian landscape, I eventually came to enjoy the plot of underdog survivors trying to take back their autonomy and ability to “live”. Descriptions of the very bleak environment, creatures, many diverse characters and techy action scenes was really rich. It’s very interesting that in an autocratic world of survival, notions of humanity are lost in the eyes name of greed and power. I came to really enjoy the spirit, camaraderie, and share humanity the main characters. While the end was not totally unexpected, it did allow opportunities for hope and healing to emerge.
It took me about 10 chapters to really get into this story. I had a hard time figuring out the significance of key players and what their role was as well as the whole setting. I still don’t understand what the event was that triggered worldwide devastation. Within a dystopian landscape, I eventually came to enjoy the plot of underdog survivors trying to take back their autonomy and ability to “live”. Descriptions of the very bleak environment, creatures, many diverse characters and techy action scenes was really rich. It’s very interesting that in an autocratic world of survival, notions of humanity are lost in the eyes name of greed and power. I came to really enjoy the spirit, camaraderie, and share humanity the main characters. While the end was not totally unexpected, it did allow opportunities for hope and healing to emerge.
September 21, 2025
Audiobook: I was so absorbed by this story from the opening paragraphs until the very end that I listened to the whole audiobook in one sitting. I liked Axel Mercer and Mira, and I appreciated the complexity of their relationship. I was entertained by the crazy twists, flashes of humor, and unexpected events which kept the story fast paced from the beginning until the end. Scott Allen's narration was a joy to experience, and his performance was riveting. I was given a copy of the audiobook through Spotify. I volunteered, without financial gain, to post this review which reflected my honest opinions regarding this audiobook.
November 17, 2024
A very interesting read of what a post-apocalyptic future might look like. The characters are well defined as is the world they live in. The whole storyline kept me engaged and wanting more. Even the concluding chapter leaves a small window for a follow up novel.
December 10, 2024
page turner
Was it predictable? yes. Did it have a bunch of cliches? Yes. Could I put the book down? No
The story just flows really nicely. Despite the cliches, I really enjoyed the story and the characters. Which usually doesn’t happen when I can guess the ending.
Was it predictable? yes. Did it have a bunch of cliches? Yes. Could I put the book down? No
The story just flows really nicely. Despite the cliches, I really enjoyed the story and the characters. Which usually doesn’t happen when I can guess the ending.
November 24, 2024
This was an interesting quite quick read! A good idea, nicely done, just enough to wet the appetite to read more by this writer! I do recommend!
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