Book Details:
Book Title: EXILE: Book 3 of Guy Erma and the Son of Empire by Sally Ann Melia
Book Title: EXILE: Book 3 of Guy Erma and the Son of Empire by Sally Ann Melia
Category: YA Fiction, 150 pages
Genre: Science-fiction and Fantasy
Publisher: Dickson House
Release date: June 14, 2015
Book Description:
13-year-old Teodor has found a way to escape from kidnap, how long before he is safely home?
Book Description:
13-year-old Teodor has found a way to escape from kidnap, how long before he is safely home?
13-year-old
Guy Erma has run away from everything he has even known and no longer knows
what the future holds.
They
escaped through dark tunnels and back alleys but they also discovered a hidden
terror that now threatens their entire planet.
Two boys as different as two boys might be. Their adventure has forged an unexpected friendship, but do they really trust each other?
Dare they share their darkest, deepest secrets?
Two boys as different as two boys might be. Their adventure has forged an unexpected friendship, but do they really trust each other?
Dare they share their darkest, deepest secrets?
Reviews:
"One of the most powerhouse imaginations I’ve encountered in sci-fi..." — Dean C. Moore, The Warlock’s Friend.
"Guy Erma and the Son of Empire
by Sally Ann Melia is a fast-paced and exciting YA military sci-fi read. Don't
miss this one!" — Brent LeVasseur, author and
illustrator of the Aoléon The Martian Girl series.
"Set in a world where fashion
and fun hide treacherous politics and danger, Guy Erma and the Son of Empire
will keep you enthralled." — Sherrill Nilson, Karda:
Adalta Vol. 1.
A good old-fashioned political
thriller - if you loved both Frank Herbert’s Dune
and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games - you will adore Guy Erma.
BOOK REVIEW:
Exile – for a series whose first two
books are named ‘Kidnap’ and ‘Hunter’, this title itself creates a buzz. For
those who have read books one and two of the Guy Erma and the son of the
Empire, the story should be fairly easy to follow. It just continues where the
previous book ended. Guy Erma and Prince Teodor escape through the dark tunnels
of the domeside, but in the meanwhile discover a dark secret – a weapon that
was placed in their kingdom to ruin the entire population and create a great
impact that no one would forget easily. (For those who remember the first ever
chapter of book 1, following this part is fairly easy!)
Exile ends much as you would expect it
to. But it does have a few very surprising twists and turns – the most important
necessity of a political thriller. For two thirteen year olds, Guy and Teodor
express grim determination and moral fibre. Their mistrust and deeply imbibed
fear of each other slowly makes way to a friendship forged over time. The story
moves at a fast pace in a racy escape. Teodor finally escapes his captors with
Guy’s help. But once he escapes, he realises that there is a far greater threat
to not only his life, but also those of his people.
While hailing himself as King, for
perfectly political reasons (Goosebumps when the people of Dome Elite say ‘Hail
King Teodor’ – you can almost imagine how the scene is placed, the descriptions
are so realistic), Teodor takes over the responsibility with smooth confidence.
Guy meanwhile, realises the secret of his birth and slowly tries to grasp where
he belongs. The plot has enough moments to keep you turning the pages, and also
is totally confusing to those who don’t know what the story is about.
Most series books do not bring up good
conclusions that satisfy their readers. They are either too cheerful and
unrealistic – (“And they lived happily ever after, ignoring half of the
problems that were introduced over the course of all the previous books as the
author lost the plotline” ) or they end with gruesome murder and sadness that
those from the story who are considered to be among the ‘living’ would much
rather wish they weren’t living at all. Thankfully, this series has the best possible, logical, poignant and
sensible ending I have read about in recent times.
The language is simple enough (if you
are not able to follow a few words, the glossary helps). The plot is clear,
with a very few holes that could easily be overlooked. The author has given a
decent finisher and has finally given off a good feeling about actually ending
a series of books. This is a much appreciated rarity. Go for this, you do
really want to know how a concluding book should look!
Meet the Author:
The author was
born in Wallasey, England, in 1964, and moved to the South of France when she
was eleven. She spent her teenage years living in the cosmopolitan city state
of Monaco and became immersed in its many languages and cultures. An English
girl in a French school, for three hours each week she would sit at the back of
the class as her colleagues learnt English. To pass the time, she wrote
stories. This led to a lifetime of writing novels, scripts, stories and
articles.
In her working
life, Sally writes marketing communications and manages large international
websites.
In 2010, Sally
joined the Hogs Back Writers, a club located on the outskirts of Guildford, and
she set about turning an old manuscript into this novel: Guy Erma and the Son of Empire.
Sally currently lives in Farnham, and she is married with two children.
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