Synopsis
Four hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse, all humans are born in pairs: the deformed Omegas, who are exploited and oppressed, and their Alpha twins, who have inherited the earth—or what’s left of it. But despite their claims of superiority, the Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: whenever one twin dies, so does the other.
Cass is a rare Omega whose mutation is psychic foresight—not that she needs it to know that as her powerful twin, Zach, ascends the ranks of the ruling Alpha Council, she’s in grave danger. Zach has a devastating plan for Omega annihilation. Cass has visions of an island where a bloody Omega resistance promises a life of freedom. But her real dream is to discover a middle way, one that would bring together the sundered halves of humanity. And that means both the Council and the resistance https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Fire_Sermon.html?id=OKN-BAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
Review
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I love dystopian novels – which is what drew me to this book in the first place, that and the fact that the concept is so original!
This book starts off quite slow, it confused me slightly at the start as it didn’t explain things as quickly as I would have liked.
The main protagonist is so loving and is so thoughtful of everybody – this turns out to be a strength and a weakness of hers throughout the story, especially when regarding her brother.
The relationship between Cass & Kip is so heart warming, I really got the feel that they would do anything for each other.
I also love a book with a twist – and this defiantly didn’t disappoint, it’s one of those twists that smacks you in the face when you least expect it and shatters the pretty picture that you had created.
I can forgive the slow start and lack of explanation as towards the end this book is a real page turner.
Bring on the second instalment The Map of Bones.
I purchased this book via Audiable.
About the Author
Francesca Haig grew up in Tasmania. She earned a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Hons) and PhD from the University of Melbourne. She also tutored in Film Studies and Creative Writing. She was a senior lecturer at the University of Chester. Her poetry has been published in literary journals andanthologies in both Australia and England. Her first collection of poetry is entitled Bodies of Water. In 2010 she was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. The Fire Sermon is her first novel.
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