My review of Hopebreaker, I was given a copy for my honest review. After reading the story, I felt a 4.25 rating was appropriate so I gave it four stars on Amazon. I liked it but didn't quite love it. The story is about a young smuggler that becomes trapped in struggle against a government that uses a drug called "Hope" to control the populace. Demon children are born to mothers without a special amulet that is banned by those in control. Jacob, the main character smuggles these into the controlled areas. The book has enough twists and turns to keep a reader on their toes, double-crosses and hidden agendas.
An excerpt from the book-
Jacob had plenty of time to think as he helped with the evacuation of Dustdelving, but he found that he spent much of that wealth of time focusing on the duties at hand, and ignoring any other potential duties he might have to perform in nine months’ time.
Rommond unveiled the means by which they would make their escape: a monumental submarine, adorned and embellished just like the Hopebreaker, and a vehicle that was as equally untested.
In forcing Rommond’s hand, it seemed he had to play all his cards. T hey boarded the submarine swiftly, carrying on anything they deemed important. Jacob hauled his crate of coils to the loading bay, but he was stopped at the ramp by Rommond.
“What’s that?” the general asked.
“My money.”
“I said bring the essentials.”
“And I complied."
About the Author:
Dean F. Wilson was born in
Dublin, Ireland in 1987. He started writing at age 11, when he began his first
(unpublished) novel, entitled The Power Source. He won a TAP Educational Award
from Trinity College Dublin for an early draft of The Call of Agon (then called
Protos Mythos) in 2001.
He has published a number of
poems and short stories over the years, while working on and reworking some of
his novels. The Call of Agon is his first published novel.
Dean also works as a journalist,
primarily in the field of technology. He has written for TechEye, Thinq, V3,
VR-Zone, ITProPortal, TechRadar Pro and The Inquirer.
Contact the Author:
The Books:
In
the world of Altadas, there are no more human births. The Regime is replacing
the unborn with demons, while the Resistance is trying to destroy a drug called
Hope that the demons need to survive.
Between
these two warring factions lies Jacob, a man who profits from smuggling
contraceptive amulets into the city of Blackout. He cares little about the
Great Iron War, but a chance capture, and an even more accidental rescue, embroils
him in a plot to starve the Regime from power.
When
Hope is an enemy, Jacob finds it harder than he thought to remain indifferent.
When the Resistance opts to field its experimental landship, the Hopebreaker,
the world may find that one victory does not win a war.
Ladesan
the Magus can alter and remove memories, but not all his customers employ him
for benevolent reasons.
Under
the threat of exile, he is forced to help the would-be Lord of Calnibur make
voters forget that they have been coerced into securing him a position of
power.
The
game is politics, and there are unlimited pawns in play. The board is the
streets of Calnibur, and the pieces do not know that they are being moved—only
that they are subjects of the Haze
Tolgrid's
wife lives a secret life that he wants to forget, and so he visits Ladesan the
Magus, who is known for his ability to alter and remove memories.
Magic
is a risky art, even for those adept at it. Love is an even riskier affair, and
some might say it is a magic of its own. To preserve his love, Tolgrid is
willing to alter his recollection, to remove the bad memories like a leech
removes bad blood.
The
question is: can a memory be altered without altering the person, and can a
memory be removed without leaving an emptiness inside?
THE
LAST LINE. THE LAST WORDS. THE LAST CHANCE.
Ifferon
is one of the last in the bloodline of the dead god Telm, who mated with mortal
women, and who imprisoned the Beast Agon in the Underworld. Armed with a
connection to the estranged gods in the Overworld and a scroll bearing Telm's
powerful dying words, he is tasked with ensuring the god's vital legacy: that
Agon remain vanquished.
Fear
forces Ifferon to abandon his duty, but terror restores his quest when the
forces of Agon find his hideaway in an isolated coastal monastery. Weighed down
by the worries of the world, but lifted up by the companions he encounters
along the way, Ifferon embarks on a journey that encompasses the struggles of
many peoples, the siege of many lands, and discoveries that could bring hope to
some—or doom to all.
THE
DYING BREATH. THE DYING WILL. THE DYING HOPE.
After
the catastrophe of the Call of Agon, Ifferon and his companions find themselves
in the unenviable situation of witnessing, and partaking in, the death of
another god—this time Corrias, the ruler of the Overworld.
With
Corrias locked inside the corpse of the boy Theos, he suffers a fate worse than
the bonds of the Beast Agon. Yet hope is kindled when the company find a way to
restore the boy, and possibly the god, back to life.
The
road to rebirth has many pitfalls, and there are some who consider such
meddling with the afterlife a grave risk. The prize might be life anew—but the
price might also be a second death.
THE
FINAL HOUR. THE FINAL FIGHT. THE FINAL WAR.
The
first of Agon’s chains has broken, and the others are straining. It is only a
matter of time before he is free, before the world is engulfed in chaos and
death.
There
are few left to stop him. Most of the gods can only sit and watch in horror
from their prison in the heavens, but the resurrection of the father god
Corrias gives the people of Iraldas a sliver of hope, a fighting chance.
Yet
the memory of Corrias' failure to defeat Agon in ages past plays heavily on all
minds. Many know that it is only the might of the Warrior-god Telm that can
defeat the Beast. That god is dead, but his power lives on in his bloodline, in
Ifferon and others like him, and they are tasked with waging a final war
against the Beast.
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