For fans of The Hunger Games, Battlestar Galactica, and Blade Runner comes the first book in the Partials Sequence, a fast-paced, action-packed, and riveting sci-fi teen series, by acclaimed author Dan Wells.
Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war's origin that she never knew to ask.
Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike—and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view.
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"I really liked this futuristic sci-fi novel. I am looking forward to the rest of the story. Teens who take action when the government goes too far with laws that infringe on the rights of the people. Because of a virus, none of the babies survive yet the law is that all eligible women must be pregant as much as possible. They keep thinking that somehow, some child must survive. Kira is tired of all the deaths and sadness and wants to find a cure for the virus and save the human race. The government doesn't seem to want her to accomplish her goals."
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Nanci (4 out of 5 stars)