The alien beings known as the Assembly are hunting Zoey, a
young girl who has the power to stop humans from succumbing
to the Tone. Holt, Mira, and the dog Max are determined to
do whatever it takes to protect Zoey- even if it costs them
their lives. Zoey can't remember her past but she knows she
must reach THE SEVERED TOWER if she is to set things right
in the world again. What will Mira, Zoey, Holt, and Max find
in this rapidly changing world that was once the Earth we
know?
THE SEVERED TOWER is the second book in the Conquered
Earth
series and will be best appreciated if read in the context
of the series as a whole. Friendships, alliances, and even
betrayals have already occurred and will have our main
characters in doubt as to who or what they can trust. I
particularly like the inclusion of the alien walkers without
colors as it adds a new dimension to the storyline and
humanizes the machines just a bit.
J. Barton Mitchell has crafted a desolate apocalyptic world
where alien machines rampage and humans gradually succumb to
the alien signal called the Tone. THE SEVERED TOWER shows us
glimpses of hope and lets us see that, while things are
still bleak, not all is lost. I can easily envision both
THE SEVERED TOWER and the first book, Midnight City, as big
budget scifi flicks as the action practically jumps off the
screen of my Kindle while the characters have you rooting
for them even when everything seems hopeless.
THE SEVERED TOWER is a must-read for fans of post-
apocalyptic tales and aliens. The characters are
multidimensional, often forced to make hard choices, and the
world building is stunning. I love the idea of the artifacts
and how the Freebooters use the artifacts and can't wait to
see what J. Barton Mitchell has in store for us as we forge
even further into the Strange Lands.
J. Barton Mitchell's sci-fi tour de force Conquered Earth
series set in an alien-invaded post-apocalyptic world
returns as the children forge deeper into the most dangerous
lands in search of The Severed Tower
Holt, Mira, and Max have fled Midnight City with Zoey after
watching her repel an entire Assembly army. Zoey's powers
are unlocked, but who and what she is remains a mystery. All
she knows is that she must reach the Severed Tower, an
infamous location in the middle of the world's most
dangerous landscape: The Strange Lands, a place where the
laws of physics have completely broken down. But the closer
they get to the Tower, the more precarious things become.
The Assembly has pursued Zoey into the Strange Lands. Among
them is a new group, their walkers and machines strangely
bereft of any color, stripped to bare metal, and whose
agenda seems to differ from the rest. To make matters worse,
the group hunting Holt are here, too, led by a dangerous and
beautiful pirate named Ravan. So is Mira's first love,
Benjamin Aubertine, whose singular ambition to reach the
Tower threatens to get them all killed.
Then there's the Strange Lands themselves. They have
inexplicably begun to grow, spreading outwards, becoming
more powerful. Somehow, it all seems tied to Zoey herself,
and the closer she gets to the Tower, the weaker she
becomes.
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