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Burn Out
by Kristi Helvig
Most people want to save the world; seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to escape the wasteland her planet has become after the sun turns "red giant," but discovers her fellow survivors are even deadlier than the hostile environment.
Holed up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone--her brilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister burned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals. Unfortunately, the oceans dried out ages ago, the only plants are giant cacti with deadly spines, and her pet, Trigger, is a gun--one of the bio-energetic weapons her father created for the government before his conscience kicked in.
When family friend, Markus, arrives with mercenaries to take the weapons by force, Tora's fury turns to fear when government ships descend in an attempt to kill them all. She forges an unlikely alliance with Markus and his rag-tag group of raiders, including a smart but quiet soldier named James. Tora must quickly figure out who she can trust, as she must choose between saving herself by giving up the guns or honoring her father's request to save humanity from the most lethal weapons in existence.
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★ Age Group/Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia
★ Publication: April 08, 2014
★ Publisher: EgmontUSA
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by Kristi Helvig
MY TOP 5 SCIENCE FICTION/DYSTOPIAN BOOKS
This is tough because there are so many great ones. I’ll go in order of when I read each of these books.
1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine D’Engle. This is such a classic and I still occasionally sneak this book from my 9-yo’s bookshelf to re-read parts of it.
2. 1984 by George Orwell. I read this one at a pretty young age and still think about this book and how it relates to modern day politics. I could write an Orwellian novel about the county I live in and that scares me.
3. The Illustrated Man by Isaac Asimov. Awesome and creative. Plus, it’s my one of my hubby’s faves too and he said I remind him of a female Asimov. Have I mentioned how much I love my hubby? ;)
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I love books with humor in them. Also, I had to include this because I once took one of those quizzes where you insert a paragraph of your writing into a template and it tells you which famous author you most write like. It matched me with Douglas Adams.
5. The Giver by Lois Lowry. This book is the dystopian that started all dystopians and remains the best one I’ve ever read.
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Kristi Helvig is a Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist turned sci-fi/fantasy writer. You can find her musing about space monkeys, Star Trek, and other random topics on her blog. Kristi resides in sunny Colorado with her hubby, kids, and behaviorally-challenged dogs.
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