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Beat #2
Push
The stunning sequel to Beat.
Two months after the attack on New Frisko, Nik Granger and the other survivors believe themselves hidden from the tyrannical rule of Prime Administrator Adam Holland. After finishing a patrol, Nik returns to camp to discover everyone was wrong. Holland and his Enforsers have killed or captured most of the survivors—including Nik’s parents.
Barely escaping with their lives, Nik and his friends Pol and Melisa race to stop Holland before he murders their friends and family. As they travel through what’s left of America, they face danger at every turn, including Ranjers who will stop at nothing to carry out Holland’s sadistic orders. With the world against them, can they make it in time to save what’s left of humanity? And when it comes to it, will Nik have what it takes to destroy Holland once and for all?
Two months after the attack on New Frisko, Nik Granger and the other survivors believe themselves hidden from the tyrannical rule of Prime Administrator Adam Holland. After finishing a patrol, Nik returns to camp to discover everyone was wrong. Holland and his Enforsers have killed or captured most of the survivors—including Nik’s parents.
Barely escaping with their lives, Nik and his friends Pol and Melisa race to stop Holland before he murders their friends and family. As they travel through what’s left of America, they face danger at every turn, including Ranjers who will stop at nothing to carry out Holland’s sadistic orders. With the world against them, can they make it in time to save what’s left of humanity? And when it comes to it, will Nik have what it takes to destroy Holland once and for all?
329 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 17, 2017
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February 13, 2017
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This is one of those rare instances when I enjoyed the sequel more than the original! The action starts out right away, and I mean right away – the very first word of the book is “Run!” – and it doesn’t let up from there...
...Without giving away the somewhat surprising ending, I will say that it definitely seemed like a final and satisfying conclusion to the story, although there is still room for additional storylines to be pursued, if the author so chooses.
This is one of those rare instances when I enjoyed the sequel more than the original! The action starts out right away, and I mean right away – the very first word of the book is “Run!” – and it doesn’t let up from there...
...Without giving away the somewhat surprising ending, I will say that it definitely seemed like a final and satisfying conclusion to the story, although there is still room for additional storylines to be pursued, if the author so chooses.
February 15, 2017
***I was given an ARC for an honest review***
So this 2nd book in the series moved the story along nicely....I think I only though it dragged maybe once or twice...I enjoyed reading how the "Pushers" went about trying to secure their freedom from Holland. Again, thank you for making up swear words instead of using actual ones. I enjoy books and love them even more if they are clean! Which it is!
The one issue I have with it is the "romance" between some of the characters....it seemed a bit contrived and not believable....I mean these are young kids and when I picture them (from the thoughts and feelings of Nik) I picture 11 or 12 year olds. I understand they're older than that but it doesn't feel that way so for them to be worrying about who likes who, etc. seems off. Not a big deal. Curious to see where the story goes after this book ends!
So this 2nd book in the series moved the story along nicely....I think I only though it dragged maybe once or twice...I enjoyed reading how the "Pushers" went about trying to secure their freedom from Holland. Again, thank you for making up swear words instead of using actual ones. I enjoy books and love them even more if they are clean! Which it is!
The one issue I have with it is the "romance" between some of the characters....it seemed a bit contrived and not believable....I mean these are young kids and when I picture them (from the thoughts and feelings of Nik) I picture 11 or 12 year olds. I understand they're older than that but it doesn't feel that way so for them to be worrying about who likes who, etc. seems off. Not a big deal. Curious to see where the story goes after this book ends!
October 6, 2018
The arrive back to find their family and friends either dead or captured. They decide They need to try to find them and save them. They barely escape the town with their lives and now they need to chase legends and myths to find them. Follow their adventures
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 9, 2017
Good but not as good as the first one.
It has a good story progression with a really big explosive climax. But sometimes it was hard to visualize the locations, and the writing was a more average quality. It's still a good sci fi read that isn't a total downer.
It has a good story progression with a really big explosive climax. But sometimes it was hard to visualize the locations, and the writing was a more average quality. It's still a good sci fi read that isn't a total downer.
February 16, 2017
I enjoyed PUSH written by Jared Garrett. It's a sequel to BEAT, a national bestseller. It'll hit you like a blazing pod.
Adam Holland is destroying the world with a bio-weapon he developed to cleanse the world of free-thinking humanity, leaving only his super thugs and a bunch of clones. But one 15-year-old boy has his number.
Nik Granjer and a group of his friends are determined to end Holland's rampage, especially since Adam has ordered his Ranjer thugs to kidnap friends and families of the Pushers, Nik's group. Who knows what a monster like that will do? Kill them? Mind wipe them and turn them into drones? Or simply hide them so Nik won't come anywhere close to Holland's hideout? He has already set half of California on fire and unleashed a human-scouring mega epidemic.
From the second the book begins to its very end, the teens are scrambling to stay a jump ahead of the killer drones, always with carnage, sometimes with fatal results. Just when you think it's unthinkable that they'd emerge alive, they come crawling out from under the wrecked building, swing their "keepers" into place, and start shooting. The group hardly gets to bandage their wounds before the next confrontation.
Nik, an escapee, though only 16 or so, must step up as the leader of the last vestiges of free California in order to stop Holland and save not only his parents, but the women and babies the Ranjers are trying to kill. I applaud Nik's maturity and courage as he hammers the Ranjers over and over again, running, not walking, into explosion after explosion.
I liked his gadgets. They were plausible and useful. I'll take one of those pop-out hammocks, please. And the tattoo he gets is pretty chill, although I'm not a tattoo fan. This one actually goes away in an hour or so.
I also enjoyed Garrett's settings. I imagined San Francisco just the way he did in the future. After all, how many times have we joked about California dropping off into the ocean? Lots of wreckage and seaweed and melting cars dot the blasted landscape.
Although there is plenty of violence in this book, there is no sex or bad language. And the thing I like best about this dystopian book is that there is HOPE at the end. That's the number one thing I want from a dystopian work.
I did wonder about a few things. Why did the grenades work against the chameleon armor of the Ranjers but not against their weapons? I would think those would have been blown to smithereens along with the Ranjer. Also, Nik seems very mature for his age (although children of his time probably wouldn't have much of a childhood). He and his pals, like most of the heroes you see on TV, seem to function awful well with bodies like Swiss cheese (full of holes).
Despite all of that, the book kept me standing in the hall with the light on, long after the family had gone to bed. I credit Garrett with my freezing feet. Will Nik win in the end? I don't even know yet. It could have been a clone. Holland is a maniac, though a brilliant one. That's why I have to read the rest of the series. Write faster, Jared Garrett!
I gave this one 5 well-earned stars out of five. If you love hard-punching action, explosions, a teaspoon of romance, and great writing, get this series. Because like it says at the ballgame, they'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge.
Adam Holland is destroying the world with a bio-weapon he developed to cleanse the world of free-thinking humanity, leaving only his super thugs and a bunch of clones. But one 15-year-old boy has his number.
Nik Granjer and a group of his friends are determined to end Holland's rampage, especially since Adam has ordered his Ranjer thugs to kidnap friends and families of the Pushers, Nik's group. Who knows what a monster like that will do? Kill them? Mind wipe them and turn them into drones? Or simply hide them so Nik won't come anywhere close to Holland's hideout? He has already set half of California on fire and unleashed a human-scouring mega epidemic.
From the second the book begins to its very end, the teens are scrambling to stay a jump ahead of the killer drones, always with carnage, sometimes with fatal results. Just when you think it's unthinkable that they'd emerge alive, they come crawling out from under the wrecked building, swing their "keepers" into place, and start shooting. The group hardly gets to bandage their wounds before the next confrontation.
Nik, an escapee, though only 16 or so, must step up as the leader of the last vestiges of free California in order to stop Holland and save not only his parents, but the women and babies the Ranjers are trying to kill. I applaud Nik's maturity and courage as he hammers the Ranjers over and over again, running, not walking, into explosion after explosion.
I liked his gadgets. They were plausible and useful. I'll take one of those pop-out hammocks, please. And the tattoo he gets is pretty chill, although I'm not a tattoo fan. This one actually goes away in an hour or so.
I also enjoyed Garrett's settings. I imagined San Francisco just the way he did in the future. After all, how many times have we joked about California dropping off into the ocean? Lots of wreckage and seaweed and melting cars dot the blasted landscape.
Although there is plenty of violence in this book, there is no sex or bad language. And the thing I like best about this dystopian book is that there is HOPE at the end. That's the number one thing I want from a dystopian work.
I did wonder about a few things. Why did the grenades work against the chameleon armor of the Ranjers but not against their weapons? I would think those would have been blown to smithereens along with the Ranjer. Also, Nik seems very mature for his age (although children of his time probably wouldn't have much of a childhood). He and his pals, like most of the heroes you see on TV, seem to function awful well with bodies like Swiss cheese (full of holes).
Despite all of that, the book kept me standing in the hall with the light on, long after the family had gone to bed. I credit Garrett with my freezing feet. Will Nik win in the end? I don't even know yet. It could have been a clone. Holland is a maniac, though a brilliant one. That's why I have to read the rest of the series. Write faster, Jared Garrett!
I gave this one 5 well-earned stars out of five. If you love hard-punching action, explosions, a teaspoon of romance, and great writing, get this series. Because like it says at the ballgame, they'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge.
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