New Age

by Nicolette Fuller

It was 2065, and the world was finally at peace, countries flourished, genetic scientific breakthroughs were happening daily, mankind was finally at the cusp of stem cell enhancement research. All worldly governments had come to terms and had made peace, or so everyone had thought...There was devastation as nuclear war broke out. Cities were destroyed; entire countries blow apart. The world population was at its lowest. Mankind's only hope for survival was to rebuild under a new government order, and so from the rubble and ashes, the walled city of Meridiana was born. Surviving scientists and government officials were able to piece together a genetic compound within the city, which kept those inside thriving, all while continuing their studies in genetic modifications. The head scientist of genetic cell research, Professor Dorian, put together a research team in charge of stem cell regeneration to create the ultimate super beings. He was allowed a group of 50 test subjects to be injected with enhanced cells... 50 children. The experiment quickly fell apart as subjects started to die off... the professor threw himself into his work with new findings that proved the experiment would be successful. He was given one last chance and was offered 20 more children. Finally, there was success. Three children had survived. First child Hokura, second child Amara, and the third child Adam. All three created with perfect genetic structure, the ultimate perfection of humanity designed to be the peacekeepers of the city. Meanwhile, rebels started breaching the city walls bringing in mass amounts of old-world weapons to aid in the civilian uprising and free the people of Meridiana of their harsh government laws and curfews. It's up to the peacekeepers to protect and defend the city along with the compound, but there's far more at stake when the truth is revealed and everything they've been told their entire lives has been a lie. With new found emotions unfolding before them, they uncover more secrets about their purpose than they ever imagined.A series of love, lies, and deceit.Where one secret ends, another begins.

362 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 2, 2019

Reviews

[Kimberly Morehouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I got to finally read this after it was in my TBR books for some time. I was immediately hooked and couldn't stop reading. The characters were all so unique, intriguing and easy to bond with. It takes place in the future, the world ruined by war. Only small pockets of civilization still survive. Life is hard, but the city of Meridiana has a team of government officials and brilliant scientists that have created a "safe" place to live. They have used stem cells to prolong life and create the ultimate human, Three of them. They are used as a peacekeeping force to watch over the city, kept away from the masses and are almost unstoppable. There is an uprising on the horizon with the citizens and some outside rebels. But things take a turn when the peacekeepers come face to face with the rebels. Information is shared and history is forever changed. I loved Hokura, Amara, Adam, James and so many more. They story moved along at a nice pace, the descriptions were done so well, I was able to visualize everything as it was happening. I stayed up way in to the night turning pages, as I just had to find out how it all was going to play out! I am thrilled to know that I get to read several more books in this world, as I am just not ready to let it go!

[Scott Sammons]

Too slow, too much cringe worthy manipulation for too many pages.

I hate short stories. I will not download books with less than 320 pages. This is a short story with far too much filler. There just isn't enough story for the book. The uncomfortable manipulation of a subordinate female character lasts far too many chapters. There are follow up titles that have stories that may have done better to be shoehorned into a single tale.

I will not be finding out, I'm done. The writing is clean enough, dialog is good enough that I would try this author again on a different project.

[Wendy King · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great sci-fi novel about 3 super humans whose job is to patrol the city and protect it from rebels, who wish to destroy it. This follows their lives as they start to feel emotions, fall in love and start to find out some of the secrets of the city. It reminded me of the Divergent series. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via Voracious Readers Only.

[Daniel Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

So this is a good post apocalypse read, but it explores more about it's world than tells a story. I liked it, but I can see where the fluff can throw some readers off.

[Judy Ferrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

They started as experiments.

Three children become peacekeepers. They are used by their creator. But that changes. Nicolette Fuller has begun an epic series with New Age to tell use the story of these children and their world. I found myself enthralled from page one!