| Title | : | After the Garden (The Memory Bearers Saga #1) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 182 |
| Publication | : | First published November 25, 2014 |
She is a Bearer—keeper of past lifetimes and gifted with strange talents. Ember must find her answers away from safe Longquan Village, snared instead in the sensuality and dangers of The City. Hidden among spider farmers and slaves, prostitutes and weavers, a nest of people like her are waiting. A powerful man outside The City raises his forces, determined to hunt down the ‘demons’ who could taint his followers. Threatened from without and within, can the Bearers even trust each other? Powers will rise and alliances will be forged in a dark new world. The Memory Bearers are coming.
This book includes violent and mature content. Reader discretion is advised.
After the Garden (The Memory Bearers Saga #1) Reviews
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'After the Garden' has the feeling of the beginning of an epic series. The narrative is unhurried, the characters and their respective backgrounds unfolding at a measured pace.
We are in familiar Michelle Browne territory, on a post-apocalyptic world. Here, memories of the Time Before are scattered, much like the subsistence-living survivors. The City has been reinvented as a low-tech farmers' marketplace, while its skyscrapers stand empty and rotting. Feared religious cults - known as Purifiers - live an intolerant, self-righteous existence in isolated compounds, while they search for 'demons' and eschew what they regard as tainted commercial life.
Into this regressed civilisation comes Ember, wanderer and possessor of special talents. Haunted by fragments of memory, she encounters others with similar secretive skills ...
Ms. Browne's writing is confident, and at times poetic. 'Garden' rewards the patient reader, setting the scene for future encounters and conflicts. Bring on the second instalment! -
'After the Garden' is the start of a dystopian series following Ember, a woman who is having memories of another life.
Having enjoyed the author's other novels, I knew I had to pick this one up too. It's a slow burner, but the pace is just right to allow the reader to slip into and gradually become fully immersed in amazing world Browne has created. The characters are interesting, the plot intriguing and the setting detailed and believable. The series is off to a great start with this gripping first part.
Overall this a gripping dystopian tale I would highly recommend to others! Looking forward to book two now. -
"After the Garden": The Memory is the story of a girl with memories from another life. The farm life I found to be interesting. I wonder about how it would be living in a world, where huge spiders were part of the food chain. Interesting story; and even more interesting were the special abilities in the characters. In beginning of the story I'd had questions about how it all came about. But as the story progressed, I found it interesting. It has everything. From dystopia fantasy world, to magic, science, and religious cults. -And spider farming!!
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Loved this book. It quickly drew me in with its perfect mix of intrigue and salaciousness. I got the sense of a larger world just ripe for exploring and a tantalizing look into the metaphysical aspect of the story. For quite a few characters, the author did a good job making each character believable, humanly flawed while still maintaining a level of fascination into the "otherness" each of the characters possesses. I cannot wait to discover more about this world!
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If there is one thing I have learned from reading Michelle Browne's books it is that I am never bored. This is the start of an EPIC story... one that I cannot wait to continue.
This book has it all... a cast of unique characters, a griping plot, a bit of romance, cult fanatics... I can't wait to see where this story goes and what happens to Ember (What a name!!!) and her crew. -
I received this book free of charge from Audiobook Blast for an honest review. You are dropped in the middle of a world that is different than before, a world where a select few hold the memories of before. But beware of the purifiers that are seeking out the impure and demonic persons! Where can you hide? Read and join the adventure with Ember and the others you encounter.
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A unique read mixing elements of dystopia and fantasy, science and magic, religion and philosophy. It left me with as many questions as answers, but in a good way. The story was compelling, the characters complex, and I'm looking forward to the next book
