Windswept

Sandstorm #2

by T.W. Piperbrook

A Colony of Secrets and Lies...

Forced into a Red Rock jail, Neena and Kai fight for their freedom and their lives, while Darius puts together the pieces of a terrifying discovery. Will they find out the truth before it's too late? Or is the colony's fate sealed?

Genres: Science Fiction

278 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2018

About the author

T.W. Piperbrook lives in Connecticut with his wife and son. He is the author of the CONTAMINATION series, the OUTAGE series, and co-author of THE LAST SURVIVORS, as well as the author of THE RUINS. In his former lives, he has worked as as a claims adjuster, a touring musician, and a business systems analyst for a Fortune 500 company.

Now he spends his days fighting zombies, battling werewolves, and roaming Ancient cities.

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Reviews

[MacWithBooksonMountains Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a solid sci-fi survival novel taking place on an unnamed planet. Good character development meets a fast moving and interesting plot. The setting is a desert planet which makes most of us think of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Be that as it may, Windswept, the follow up to Sandstorm is sufficiently if not refreshingly different.
As expected, things come to a head with the giant sand worm 🐛, that looks suspiciously like it was imported straight from that iconic planet of 70s fiction called Dune. The author finishes off with an intriguing ending which makes you wonder what role the story’s antagonist will play in the next book of the series.

[Teresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am disappointed in the idiocy of the people in this book. The adults act like 5 year olds and there are only a couple of people who don’t want to lie down in a cave and be taken care of. The 10 year old has more guts that any of the survivors except Neena, Darius and Kai.

The story is good, I wish the characters were less irritating

Plus Gideon🙄

[Leo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yep, definitely a no thrills or frills type of survival book series. Still have issues as to what the author was thinking when he picked this particular setting for a dystopian survival story.

Descendants of a future human race, capable of FTL or magical spore drive technology, left on a planet with only sticks and old tech to fend for themselves. No chemical weapons, no plasma rifles, heck no solar panels or nuclear batteries, and above all, absolutely NO data or hand guides. No military or corporate entity are going to send people to a remote site to work without at least an SOP and EH hand book Incase of an accident.

And why spear and not bows and arrows? If you going to make people forget thousands of years of knowledge on how to defend and hunt, might as well make them throw rocks at one another, and bang bones into the ground.

That said, I'm committed to see where this hot mess leads. The survival part of the tale and Hunan interactions is not that bad. It's not great, but it's keeping me entertained enough.

[Jeanette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sandstorm..

After reading the first book I didn't think this one was better, but it is!
Kai & Neena have been locked up by the elders. Kai because he doesn't belong there, Neena has been accused of lying . No one will listen.
Raj is finally recovering. Samuel & Helgid have been tasked with his recovery.
The abomination is out there & will make his appearance in a big way.
I've really enjoyed these books. Great storyline, good characters & lots of action ! Will be waiting for the next....😁

[Kathleen Seiley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story

This imagined world has everything. Good, hard-working people, savage bullies, clueless leaders and a small band of heros fighting against a horrible moster. I am looking g forward to the next story.

[joseph w clouser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars but.

A little slow in parts , but interesting characters and a good plot.
There are a few typos , but not enough to distract from the story .
Worth reading if you're a fan of the author or of dystopian fiction.

[Stefanie M · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a slow burn kind of story but I do like it, and this second one left off with me wanting the next one.
It reminds me of what the group of people in Dune would have been experiencing when they first encountered the sandworms.

[Carmel McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Curious

I enjoyed this book. Glad to see how the story is starting to come together now and of course the leaders knew of the abomination. Therefore fear got them all killed.

[Brittney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kept my interest

This is an author I keep track of and read his books. I like this series and look forward to the adventures of Neenah and Kai.

[Rob Mueller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

Read both books and can not wait for the third!!!! The characters were great and the storyline was riveting!! He writes well!

[Tommy Linding · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting better :)

[Kimber Porter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story

Not deep but fast paced. Somewhat of a mashup of other 'other' world themed series. I'll read book three and see if it's better

[Jeffrey E Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written saga

The story keeps you reading until the early morning hours even when you know you to get up for work.

[Kent Mattoon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am enjoying these books. Great characters and the story moves along at a good pace. Love the story line. Can’t wait to read the next one!

[Michelle Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good

I wish I could find book 3 I have looked all over amazon. Can someone tell me where to find it

[Hugo S · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 2nd book in the series picks up where Sandstorm left off, the action picked up its pace as the colonist had their first visit by the sandworm with devastating results.

[Julie Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have the box set of this series so will just say that book two is action-packed with a good sense of place and enough various characters to make it interesting.

Recommended.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoying this series. Lots of action and human struggle.