Title: Flightless
Bird: The Descent into Atlantis
Author: Jamie Loeak
Series: The Atlantis
Novella Serial (Part 1)
Genre: Dystopian
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: May 2013 (First Edition)
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook
Blurb/Synopsis:
“Hunted, wanted, beast of night.
Lurks and takes of the human’s light.
Seizing, leaving nothing but death.
Taking until there’s nothing left.
But yet - alas! - The humans shall fight.
A human’s strength will steal his life.
This war is not a dream deferred, but the unyielding
Strength of a flightless bird.”
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“Do you remember what happened?” the man asks suddenly.
I turn to see that now that we are flying lower he has taken
off the dark glasses. He is quite young, probably only a year or two older than
I am. However, he has a large scar across his left eye. I can see why he chose
to wear the dark glasses now. He must have been a worker at one point. The
world up here is far too safe to obtain that kind of scar.
“I remember,” I say as I turn away and look out at the
elevator. A young man in a pair of shorts and a bright orange vest is getting
hooked up to the harness. He holds on to a yellow bar that lifts when he is
strapped securely. He hangs there, his feet dangling over the hole that leads
to the world below ours. Down there they call it home, but we call it Atlantis.
“Tell me what you know, Ms. Fawkes. What do you know of
Atlantis and its unfortunate creation during the last world war? What do you
know of its wild origin?” The man leans toward me, clearly interested. I wonder
if he had to ask the others the same question, or if he only asks me because of
my father or my home in the western provinces. Those that live in the cities
think that we obtain a lesser education out there, but my father didn’t want my
brother and I exposed to the life out here.
I pull back as the man below us disappears down the elevator
shaft. I shudder, hoping that he will come out alive. Turning to the man
sitting with me, I take in his scar before licking my lips to speak. “Atlantis
was created after the bombs destroyed our country and took most of the land
into the sea that surrounded us. The able-bodied people were able to begin
building the ground back up in an attempt to reach the land that now rose in
cliffs above us.” I turn and look at the elevator one more time. A shiver runs
up my spine as I think of the results of their radiation, the disease that was
once known as pride and greed and desire.
“Then, the monster was discovered. The people that could
afford it purchased plots of land on the raised platforms. The others were left
below them. Those that were unable to fight off the attacks of the beast were
killed, sacrificed for the greater good of the human race, and those that were
able to survive kept building. To pay back the people that were once killed,
the people that lived above Atlantis decided to hire workers to fight the
monster, to kill it once and for all. Those workers are chosen at birth. They
are recruited at eighteen and are sent into Atlantis to claim back what is
rightfully ours - the innocent human lives.”
Author Information
Jamie Loeak is an
aspiring YA author. She has written and published her trilogy and continues to
work toward finishing the ideas for more novels that pop into her ever changing
mind. Jamie resides in Florida, where she is a middle school teacher. Finding
time for writing is difficult within the world of lesson plans, assessments,
and students; however, Jamie makes sure to make time for all of the things that
she loves in life, including her students, pets, and loving boyfriend. When
Jamie isn't writing or grading papers, she is forcing her sister into photo
shoots or playing her guitar. Her current goal is to become a bestselling
author.
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Other Works by Jamie
Loeak
The Chronicles of Light
and Darkness
Body
and Soul Book 1
The
Keeper of the Keys Book 2
Fire
and Ice Book 3
The Atlantis Novella
Serial
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Flightless Bird is the first novella in the Atlantis series and it sets up what has the potential to be a very interesting story
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Kyra is headed to training to become a worker. Selected from birth, on their eighteenth birthday future workers are removed from their home and brought to a facility where they are trained to face the monster that threatens everyone. No one really knows what goes on there, but being thrust into this world is like nothing Kyra has ever faced. Along with the other members of her class, they will learn to survive and hopefully destroy the evil before them, but every question leads to another.
This novella has the potential to be the lead in an exciting series that is a different take on dystopian society. I like the characters, but I look forward to learning more about them and what makes them tick. I was definitely left wanting more and hope the next novella in this series is released soon so that I can get a better idea where this very promising story is heading.
Happy Reading!
~Red
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