Prodigy
2012
- criminals
- resistance to government
- assassination
- fiction
- science fiction
- fugitives from justice
- soldiers
- war
- juvenile fiction
- war stories
The story
June and Day make their way to Las Vegas where they join the rebel Patriot group and become involved in an assassination plot against the Elector in hopes of saving the Republic.
What it’s like
Taut, clipped prose with short chapters and alternating first-person voices that snap between two hard-edged teenagers, a sensory world of rain-slicked streets, cramped safehouses, and the constant hum of surveillance and military checkpoints. The mood is tense and restless, a kind of urgent dread that rarely lets up, with flashes of cold adrenaline during chase sequences and quieter stretches of wary, watchful unease in the rebel hideouts. Violence is present and fairly direct: fights, gunfire, and a few deaths land with real weight, though nothing is lingering or gory. Romance simmers in understated glances and loyalties tested under pressure. The pacing is fast and propulsive, well suited to a late-night read or a long train ride when you want to keep turning pages. Arcs follow two wary survivors slowly learning to trust each other and the cause they have been pulled into, as the cost of loyalty grows heavier. It suits readers who enjoy dystopian thrillers with political undercurrents, sharp dialogue, and a steady drumbeat of tension.
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