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Knowledge Itself
- Sol Survivors, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Kisko
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
After solar flares wipe out electrical grids worldwide, a small community survives by selling data recovered from decrepit hard drives and rare books. Nostalgic for the days of big business, the commune’s founding members call themselves Corporate and micromanage everyone.
Raised into the hustle, Iris Ecosia’s ADHD brain rebels at Corporate’s strict structure. It’s not all bad, though. She attracts the attention of Robert Lycos, the son of one of the Shareholders, but their relationship comes to a crashing end when she loses focus at a critical moment and a vital piece of equipment is destroyed.
The mistake plunges her into debt. Corporate demotes her to an indentured gardener. Her romance with Robert dissolves. Worse, there are no paid sick days in the post-apocalypse. So when Iris’ whole family falls ill, starvation is soon knocking on their door. Meanwhile, the Shareholders live like tycoons.
Iris and her family are not alone in their poverty or their impotent rage at the corporation who keeps them poor, hungry, and dependent. An underground revolution intent on toppling Corporate wants to recruit her. She can still do big things if she joins them, but if she’s caught, the Shareholders won’t stop at destroying her. They’ll go after her family, too.
Critic reviews
“With visceral prose, heart-aching emotion, and positive neurodiverse rep, Campbell and King paint an immersive post-apocalyptic world with characters you'll want to root for.” (Al Hess, author of World Running Down)
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- Missgotty
- 14-10-22
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I would say this book is narrated and targeted for a young teen audience. Kisko does a good job narrating this book, easily adapting her voice to different male and female characters and was a great fit for this book. But this post-apocalyptic dystopian story is very tame and definitely has a high school feel with kids trying to pass exams, fend off the 'school bully' and misunderstood teen romance. It does have good world building and a couple of interesting, complicated characters but it's a shame we see little of them. It's also a slow-paced book with not a lot of action, and when things finally start to heat up the book ends on a big cliff-hanger which I very much dislike.
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