The Harvest
(The Last Orphans #2)
by N.W. Harris
In
the wake of the apocalypse, nobody is safe.
Shane
Tucker and his friends thought they managed to save the world from the
destructive machine that killed off most of its adult population.
Unfortunately, a war nobody was prepared for has only just begun. Now they find
themselves joining ranks with a secret organization that will train them to
fight for the right to survive. Taking refuge alongside other teenage survivors
in a hidden base set deep within the mountains, they will learn how to repel an
imminent attack by an ancient race of aliens.
Determined
to safeguard the children under their charge, Shane and his friends compete for
the ultimate prize—a suicide mission against the flagship of the alien fleet.
While Shane's feelings for Kelly deepen, along with his need to protect her, he
finds emotions clouding his judgment. He’ll gladly die for her. But he refuses
to die with her. No amount of training can prepare them for what is to come.
Everything the brave teenagers have endured thus far will be eclipsed, with the
freedom of humanity hanging in the balance.
The
Harvest is the heart-pumping sequel to The Last Orphans by N.W. Harris.
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The
Harvest starts right off where the Last Orphans ended
which I loved because after reading the first book, I needed an answer to the
major cliffhanger ending that had me in a book hangover for days. You don’t know how excited I was when Mr.
Harris contacted me to see if I would be interested in reviewing The Harvest. So…..was The
Harvest everything I expected? Heck
yes, plus more than I could have ever imagined.
The Harvest took a direction I did not see coming after reading The Last
Orphans and I liked it. A lot!
Two hundred thousand years ago, the
Anunnaki (an alien race) mixed their DNA
with that of the Neanderthals. The
result? The human race as we know it. Six thousand years later they came back to
earth and enslaved the humans. Now they
are coming back and intend to enslave the human race for good. After terminating the adult population and
leaving the younger, more impressionable inhabitants to live, the human crop is
ripe and the Anunnaki are returning to Earth to collect their harvest.
With the help of rebel Anunnaki who have been on
earth for quite some time helping our government advance in the technology
field, it is now up to seven groups of seven kids each to make sure that the
Anunnaki don’t get the soldiers and slaves they need in order for the human
race to become the secret weapon they need to turn the age-old war in their
favor. Shane, Kelly and the rest of the
kids who have been recruited for this suicide mission go through vigorous
training that will prepare them to take out the alien spaceships and ensure
that the remaining human race does not get in the grips of the Anunnaki.
For this mission, few will live and many will
die, but with an epic ending to book two that sheds doubts on the whole
situation, questions come up that could change the whole situation for Earth. Who should be trusted and who is telling the
truth?
This story is extremely well written and Mr. Harris
does an awesome job with his descriptions.
You feel as though you are right there with the characters experiencing
the blood, sweat and tears. The
characters have evolved so much during the course of this series and you can’t
help but to care for them and pull for them as they face perhaps the biggest
battle of their lives. In between all
the action, there is a small bit of romance blooming in the air for our two
main characters, Shane and Kelly, and I think it adds depth to the story as Shane
struggles with his feelings of wanting to protect Kelly, but not wanting to die
along with her.
The
Harvest did not disappoint me at all. It had me on the edge of my seat the entire
time and kept me interested throughout. Mr. Harris left us with another cliffhanger
that I did not see coming, so I must wait (rather impatiently) for the next installment
of this truly heart-pounding story, but you know what? I know it’s going to be
worth the wait and be spectacular, because the first two books have hit it out
of the park!
Quite frankly, this series is amazing and I would
not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who enjoys an intense action-packed
science-fiction thriller.
5 stars
Born
at the end of the Vietnam war and raised on a horse farm near small town north
Georgia, his imagination evolved under the swaying pines surrounding his
family’s log home. On summer days that were too hot, winter days that were too
cold, and every night into the wee morning hours, he read books.
In addition to writing, he has been a submarine sailor, nurse, and business owner. His studies have included biology, anthropology, and medicine at UCSB and SUNY Buffalo. He is an active member of SCBWI and lives in sunny southern California with his beautiful wife and two perfect children. He writes like he reads, constantly.
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