Category: Dystopian

Osbert the Avenger

By Christopher William Hill
335 pages

Osbert is a bright young boy, who passes the test to get into a sinister school, which is supposedly a great school for gifted learners. The school has a lot of power, and is capable of causing great amounts of grief and pain, if they wish to. Enraged by this, young Osbert begins a mission, to take revenge on the sinister teachers, who made his life miserable.

This was an awesome book, and I thought it was really interesting. I would recommend this book to a more mature audience, and give it a 10/10! My mother hated this book. (But I thought it was awesome!) Don’t tell mum I said that.

Children Of The Mind

By Orson Scott Card
349 pages

With the looming threat of Lusitania being blown up by a fleet armed with the M.D. Device, the people of the colony are hurrying to save their world. With the ability of faster-than-light travel, things are looking up, but there are downsides. Jane, a living computer program, is about to get shut down, and Ender, the author of the Hive Queen, the Hegemon and the Life Of Human, is dying. Will the people of the Lusitania Colony be able to save themselves, or will they be wiped off the map by Starways Congress?

This was a great book, but don’t read unless you have read Ender’s Game, Speaker For The Dead, and Xenocide. This book, I would recommend to a mature audience, and give a 10/10

Speaker For The Dead

By Orson Scott Card
415 pages

Novinha, a girl living in the Lusitania colony, was a lonely girl. Her parents, Os Venerados, were killed by the Descolada, a horrible disease, just after they found a cure. Then she met Pipo and Libo, the Zenador and apprentice of the colony. She had finally found a family, until Pipo was killed by the piggies, an alien species the Zenador, Pipo, was studying. Novinha was in shock, and so she called for a speaker for the dead.

This book was very good, although it has been called intense, and I recommend it to anyone who read Enders Game.

Ender’s Game

By Orson Scott Card
324 pages

50 yrs ago, when the Buggers first attacked, they had far more advanced technology than Earth. The only reason we survived was because of a great commander, Mazer Rackham. Now, the International Fleet needs another great commander, to lead Earth against the Buggers, and drive them away for good. Ender was 6 yrs old when he first got to Battle School, the first step in creating future commanders, and he immediately showed potential. Can he drive off the Buggers?

This was my favourite book I’ve read in a long time, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to read it after reading this review.