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In 2152 the avian race is
on Earth looking for something stolen from them decades ago – their
genetics. At the center of the search
lies the Rural Republic; a small backwards farming country with high hopes of
military domination and a penchant for illegal bioengineering.
19 year old Junco Coot is
the daughter of the Rural Republic’s ranking commander. She’s the most
foul-mouthed, wildly unpredictable and ruthless sniper the Rural Republic has
ever trained. But when her father’s death
sparks a trip into forbidden places, she triggers events that will change
everything she knows to be true.
As an elite avian
military officer, Tier’s mission is to destroy the bioengineering projects,
kill Commander Coot’s daughter, and return home immediately. There’s just one
problem. Junco isn’t who she claims to be.
With no one to trust, not
even herself, Junco must confront the secrets of her past and accept her place
in the future, or risk losing herself completely.
CONTENT WARNING - The I Am
Just Junco series is NOT young adult and contains A LOT of bad language and
violence.
My Review
I received a free copy in
exchange for my honest review. This is one of the coolest Sci-Fi novels I’ve
read in a very long time. Apparently the
earth is now split into two republics.
The Rural Republic, where they abstain from most forms of technology, do
only farming and “allegedly” do not swear.
The description reminded me of the Mennonites, that they refuse certain
technologies. Then there is the Mountain
Republic, and the Avian race. This story
has a great plot and so many twists, I feel for Junco as she feels so confused
as to who she can trust. She flees the
RR and now, both
republics and the Avian race want her. When you find out why, it will most certainly
shock you.
About the Author
J.
A. Huss never took a creative writing class in her life. Some would say it
shows. Others might cut her some slack. She did however, get educated and
graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Equine Science. She had
grand dreams of getting a Ph.D. but while she loves science, she hated academia
and settled for a M.S. in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida.
She
went on to write science curriculum for homeschoolers and now runs a successful
home business that creates and offers online science unit studies. When she’s
not writing science curriculum or fiction, she works as a farm inspector,
traveling the Eastern Plains of Colorado in variety of environmentally friendly
vehicles that never have four-wheel drive, so when she gets stuck in the mud in
said vehicles, she has to beg for assistance from anyone who will help her. She
is not bitter about that at all.
She’s
always packing heat and she is owned by two donkeys, five dogs, more chickens
and ducks than she can count, and of course, the real filthy animals, her kids.
The I Am Just Junco series was born after falling in love with the ugliest part
of Colorado and the Rural Republic is based on the area of the state she
currently resides in, minus the mutants, of course.
I do enjoy science fiction if it is well written.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your review, Simone! I really appreciate you having me on your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteJulie