Audiobook13 hours
Lotus and Thorn
Written by Sara Wilson Etienne
Narrated by Carly Robins
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Ravaged by a plague known as Red Death, the planet Gabriel, a former colony of Earth, is a barren wasteland. Since being abandoned by Earth 500 years ago, resources are scarce and life is cheap. To stay alive, the survivors, the Citizens, scavenge the remains of a now dead city, trading for food with the resource-rich Curadores, the only other survivors on Gabriel. Every old computer, every piece of wire, every scrap of metal counts. To steal is the ultimate sin. So when tough-as-nails seventeen-year-old Leica is caught doing just that, she's exiled and left to the mercy of Gabriel's unforgiving desert for the rest of her life.
While in exile, Leica discovers a mysterious shuttle, which may not only lead her home, but even more impossible-reestablish contact with Earth. Then Red Death rears its head again, killing her entire work crew, leaving Leica all alone until a handsome Curador offers her refuge in the Dome-the only place on Gabriel untouched by Red Death, where a decadent and sultry life awaits. But there's a catch: Leica can only enter the Dome as his concubine-his Kisaeng. When a rogue group of Citizens see their chance for revolution in Leica's good fortune, she finds herself unraveling a deadly mystery with chilling answers to the true origin of Red Death and the reason Earth really abandoned them so long ago.
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Reviews for Lotus and Thorn
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
6 ratings1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Leica, who is considered an abomination because of her six fingered hands, lives on Gabriel, a world abandoned by Earth 500 years ago. She's a Citizen, working outside, digging up relics from the past, struggling to survive in the arid dessert community where she lives. Nearby are the Curadores, who live under a dome and only come outside to trade relics for food and commodities, all the while wearing decontamination suits to protect them from exposure to disease. Under the dome, life is luxurious, but the dome is failing. Outside, the Red Death has changed and is killing Citizens again. Rebellion is coming because both sets of people need more everything and Leica is poised at the flash point.
I've not read a one and done sci-fi book in a long time. This story is complete, but could be expanded thanks to the twist at the end. I've looked and it doesn't appear to have a sequel. The first half processed quickly, the middle was a bit boggy, but the pace picks up again at the end. Boys may have a hard time getting past the cover and romantic blurb on the back, but there is much that could appeal to them in the story. The religious aspect was also an intriguing part of the plot.