Shattered Roads

Name: Shattered Roads
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Alice Henderson
ISBN: 9781980012429

Author: Alice Henderson

Series: Skyfire #1

Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/20/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal

Synopsis

In a future laid waste by environmental catastrophe, one woman in a shielded megacity discovers a secret hidden within-and the nightmare of what lies beyond. The Skyfire Saga Her designation is H124-a menial worker in a city safeguarded against the devastating storms of the outer world. In a community where consumerism has dulled the senses, where apathy is the norm and education is a thing of the past, H124 has one job: remove the bodies of citizens when they pass away in their living pods. Then one night, H124's routine leads her into the underground ruins of an ancient university. Buried within it is a prescient alarm set up generations ago: an extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. When her warning is seen as an attempt to topple the government with her knowledge of science, H124 is hunted-and sent fleeing for her life beyond the shield of her walled metropolis. In a weather-ravaged unknown, her only hope lies with the Rovers, the most dangerous faction on Earth. For they have continued to learn. And they have survived to help avert a terrifying threat: the end of the world is near.

About Alice Henderson

In addition to being a writer, Alice Henderson is a dedicated wildlife researcher, geographic information systems specialist, and bioacoustician. She documents wildlife on specialized recording equipment, checks remote cameras, creates maps, and undertakes wildlife surveys to determine what species are present on preserves, while ensuring there are no signs of poaching. Sheâ€™s surveyed for the presence of grizzlies, wolves, wolverines, jaguars, endangered bats, and more.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘

Wonderful new world, complete with Repurposers and living pods. If you dare to disconnect, they will come for you! Stay in forever. I'm not sure how much of the explanation by the Rover kid would have been understood by a worker of this era. Much less a worker denied childhood and, I suppose, much of......more

Goodreads review by Jo

H124 is just a clog in a very big machine until she makes a disturbing discovery. The book started like it would be a did not finish but I was glad I read a few more pages before stopping. After a slow start it got much more interesting. I love H124 and how strong she turned out to be. The world bui......more

Goodreads review by Brent

If you take The Matrix, Mad Max and Armageddon and take some of the more exciting elements from each, you've got a good start into Alice Henderson's Shattered Roads. The book follows the protagonist (and hard to remember name) H124, a citizen of one of the megacities of the future who has the thrill......more

Goodreads review by J

An engaging tale of a brave individual from a dystopian future fighting to warn a world full of its own problems of imminent doom. The author adeptly parallels own struggle with addressing climate change within a world that has already suffered many of the potential outcomes while at the same time i......more