![]() ![]() The notorious and foreboding Wall divides the two countries, and the USE's government has discovered a technology that, at conception, syncs a child with what is known as a Clock, a device made to precisely predict how long someone has to live. In the year 2148, the world has been hit by catastrophic meteors, and the United States has split into two countries: the untouched and forbidden West, and the United States of the East (or USE). Nadine Brandes, a debut author with Enclave Publishing, hits some of these road bumps along the way in her first novel overall, though, A Time to Die did wrap up its loose ends and prove to be a story that was, indeed, an interesting read. ![]() To avoid such turns would be an extraordinary feat in and of itself. For those of you who read my reviews whenever they're posted, you know what I'm talking about, but allow me to reiterate briefly: Christian-based dystopia tends to meander and try to discover a story just beyond its grasp, and usually the mini-sermons tossed in only impede the flow of the book when it's very obviously forced. However, Christian-based dystopia tends to take a few turns that the genre normally doesn't, and this can either be a very good thing or a very detrimental thing. Granted, dystopia usually isn't pleasurable at all-at least, it's not for the poor souls stuck inside it. ![]() Not every venture into the field of Christian dystopia proves to be an entirely pleasurable one. ![]()
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