This world is a mash-up of survivors after solar flares have basically reduced human contact to those within your local area. Why? Because the writing was solid, it did consume me, and the ensemble cast and banter was just great (I’m such a sucker for this).īut as I sat down to write this, as I considered the lack of wow, the as-of-right-now (but maybe not in future books considering the final chapter) rather misleading series name, and that overall lack of stand-out from the characters (don’t get me wrong, some were better than others, all were pretty good, but none really moved to me think “favourites shelf!!”)? I knew I couldn’t give this more than what I’m giving it. I was totally sucked in to this world and Rocha’s words, was consumed by it for the majority of a sunday afternoon, but nothing about the book had a wow factor, no character was particularly compelling or amazing, the plot itself didn’t feel too different from any other post-apocalyptic-esque-dystopian (obviously some elements differ but the familiarity is there) and I was still, somehow, almost tempted to give this four stars. I have so many mixed feelings about this one! I mean, like, what a surprise, though, right? No one is shocked.īut seriously. The data could set Nina and her team up for years…

Knox has the perfect bait for a perfect trap: a lost Library of Congress server. The problem? Their hacker’s been kidnapped. Before the Devils leave town for good, they need a biochem hacker to stabilize the experimental implants that grant their superhuman abilities. Knox is a bitter, battle-weary supersoldier who leads the Silver Devils, an elite strike squad that chose to go AWOL rather than slaughter innocents.

But altruism doesn’t pay the bills-raiding vaults and collecting sensitive data is where the real money is. She and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to help those in need. Nina is an information broker with a mission: to bring hope to the darkest corners of Atlanta. Too few live in well-protected isolation while the rest of us scrape by on the margins. The United States went belly up 45 years ago when our power grid was wiped out.

Orphan Black meets the post-apocalyptic Avengers in the vein of Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy series by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author duo Kit Rocha

Deal with the devil kit rocha