Outlasting After: A Strike Team Three Novel by L.K. MagillMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Intriguing Dystopian RH Novel
I’d give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
I’ve had this book knocking around on my kindle for eons. I saw an ad for it and realised I already owned the book and thought “why didn’t I read this earlier?”. After reading the book, I had to repeat the question, because I was definitely missing out.
Hannah is on her own and has been for months. She doesn’t even have shoes or trousers on, she is starving and has no memories past a few months ago. When she finds a group of men she starts following them for the scraps of food they leave at their camps after they move on.
When the men catch her she thinks that she’s going to suffer horribly at their hands. When her body gives out on her, and she can no longer defend herself, she believes that is the end for her.
Hannah is the first woman that Cole has seen in 3 years. The world has fallen apart due to a war no one really understood. When authority was gone and the infrastructure collapsed, Cole and his team of soldiers were on their own. When Cole brings her back to his camp he doesn’t understand that he just changed their world, but his best friend and second in command, Liam, does.
This is a very carefully constructed book. It slowly and carefully builds up the tension. It’s a surprisingly calm book. It’s steady and slow as the characters are revealed and the world is built. The sociological structure of their tight-knit group is explored and we start to glimpse how they are all going to change with the introduction of someone new, someone who is desirable.
This is also quite a cerebral book. We are given clear insights into the way that the characters minds work. Hannah may not have memories past a few months but she is very canny and understands people and the way they work. Cole is very single-minded and is like a charging bull at getting things done. Liam sees everything and says nothing, torn up by his own demons.
It’s a captivating book and I can’t wait to read what happens next as this one ends on a total cliffhanger, so you have been warned. But at least the next book is already out.
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