Victims, Part 1 by Preston Lingle

Victims, Part 1 by Preston Lingle, 265 pages

If you like the Divergent series, you will enjoy this book by my coworker Preston Lingle.  Victims is the first in what I hope will be a series.  In Part 1, we learn the world has come to an end in the future in about the year 2030.  In the future the end of world is called the Fallout.  Very few humans survive the Fallout as well as most buildings collapse.  The book follows teenager Mike as he runs away from his father, and finds refuge with a group of orphans.  The teens are left to fight for their survival and plan for the over throw of what's left of their government.

Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2), by Emmy Laybourne, 212 pages

Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2), by Emmy Laybourne, 212 pages

Well, this was exciting- not only did I not realize that this sequel to Monument 14 had come out, when I was looking it up, I also saw that there are two short stories the author wrote as sort of prequels. Available for free here:  http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/05/dress-your-marines-in-white
and here:  http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/06/jake-and-the-other-girl

But on to the story- I was satisfied with this- the series could end with this book, as far as I'm concerned.  Some less than great things happen to several of the characters, but *spoiler alert* some families are reunited and there are a few happy endings out there.  The ending was annoying to me, though, in that same way that I knew I should have stopped reading Mike Mullin's Ashfall after the first book.