Savage Drift
Emmy Laybourne
Emmy Laybourne ends her trilogy with a bang! The series starts with a biochemical weapon released into the air. Depending on your blood type, you have hallucinations, suffer from infertility, go crazy and start killing people, or blister and burn until you die...not good options. When 2 school buses stop during the hail near the shopping center, it seems like a group of kids have a choice at survival. When a bomb is dropped on the city, fortunately some of the kids have escaped. We are now in the third book...the kids and teens have been rescued and are staying at a refugee camp. But when Niko finds out Josie is still alive (one of the teens that starts killing people when exposed), and being mistreated at another camp, he chooses to go find her and help her escape. Astrid, pregnant and sick, is about to be taken by the government for testing. Dean helps Astrid escape with Niko and Jake. This story follows their struggles to get help and freedom. But, there are still drifts of the poisoned air...
This is a wonderful shift from the Dystopian genre. Still futuristic, Laybourne adds more science than zombies. Laybourne is able to create a realistic future world, with struggles among the teens, but can also incorporate real teen issues that happen right now in our present state. The combination adds to a story all readers can relate to. The third story stretches the series out a little bit, and it is possible that the story could have been shorter or added to the second story, however, Laybourne's writing is superb and hold readers' attention throughout the story.
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