Zeke is a bad guy. He didn’t choose to be. It’s just who he is. It’s who has to be to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where trust is as scarce as water.
He's got nobody. No family. No friends. And a woman he left behind for her own good.
But it's time to change. After a brush with death far out in the wasteland, he decides he's done risking his life to help his greedy bosses control who gets to drink water and when.
Now, he's stranded in a bar in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the perfect kind of ruffians who can help him go back and make things right. Armed with renewed purpose and a one-of-a-kind muscle car, Zeke hunts for redemption, seeks retribution and, maybe, just maybe, he can get his girl back while he’s at it.
Take a ride across the wasteland in Tom Abrahams' newest post-apocalyptic, dystopian series, but with a fantasy twist. It will leave you wondering just what it means to be human. 0 from Goodreads.com
I have read books by this author previously, and enjoyed them. So seeing a new series out kind of made me grab this one, though the story description was pretty "eh" in my opinion. The cover art did catch my eye though!
In a nutshell, the story isn't a bad one. Like the description, it is post-apocalyptic setting, where water is a scarcity. There are "districts", like cities, across the wastelands, and the particular setting for this story is just one of those. There are two factions fighting for control of the water, and the city. Zeke finds himself on the run, being chased across the desert. He happens across a single building in the middle of nowhere, just as his captors sort of catch up to him. He is wounded, and feels like he is dying as he falls on the doorstep of this building.
Waking up, Zeke finds himself in a bar full of odd-looking ruffians, and a barkeep that is elusive in his answers to questions. To not give out many spoilers, Zeke heads back to the city, with a handful of said ruffians, to save the girl he has fallen in love with from the clutches of either bad party of people. Along the way, he discovers more about those that are with him, and about himself.
Overall the action rode well, like most of Abrahams' books, and the character building was fine. The slight twist in the story I had guessed at pretty early on (won't say how) and kind of ruined the part were the character(s) discovered this fact. I did love the idea of the bar in the middle of nowhere, though some of the "magical" properties of things didn't quite match the background of the story (worldbuilding history) in my opinion.
Overall the book was written well, and as expected from this author. I would recommend for any fantasy reader if they like post-apocalyptic stories. There are two more books in this series, but I'm not real big on the type of characters, and some of the other attributes of the world, so will not be reading them.
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