A thrilling near-future tale, Thora Moffat

Violet Black
Eileen Merriman
2021
Penguin Books

 

 

 

 

Violet Black is a thrilling fast-paced story about a teen who has gained some new powers after surviving a deadly disease.

Set in the near future this book is about Violet, a 17-year-old girl who is one of the few survivors of a usually fatal disease M-fever. When she wakes up in the hospital, she finds she has a psychic connection with Ethan Wright, another 17-year-old survivor of M-Fever. Although they try to keep this a secret, someone finds out and Violet gets taken to a facility overseas where she meets other teens who have also survived.  Read more

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A detailed setting and suspenseful plot, Amber Cayley

Black Spiral
Eileen Merriman
2022
Penguin

 

 

 

 

October 11, 2022

Black Spiral by Eileen Merriman is the last installment in the Black Spiral Trilogy and is sure to get you questioning: are you ever truly safe?

In the near future when a deadlier strain of the measles virus, M-fever, has killed millions and the people you put your trust in every day – nurses, politicians, and police – are corrupt, is there anywhere that is safe, anyone you can turn to? Can you truly trust anyone but yourself?

Johnno and Violet have escaped the clutches of the Spiral Foundation’s compounds only to find that the sinister Foundation is everywhere.  Read more

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A dramatic story of escape, survival and trust, Kyra Johnson

Black Spiral
Third book in the Black Spiral trilogy
Eileen Merriman
2022
Penguin Random House New Zealand

 

 

 

May 3, 2022

Black Spiral is the final book in Eileen Merriman’s science fiction trilogy. After escaping the Spiral Foundation’s evil clutches once again, Violet and Johnno are trying their best to stay hidden and safe, because it’s no longer just them they have to keep from the Foundation, but their unborn child. A baby which could potentially have abilities like Violet and Johnno, something the Foundation is very interested in. The two of them will do anything to keep each other and the baby safe – but who knew that would be so hard?  Read more

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A cliffhanger adventure that mirrors current events, Josie Herrick

Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
Pub. 2020

 

 

 

 

April 26, 2022

Neands by Dan Salmon is an absolutely stunning story. There were some things I noticed that could be changed or explained better but overall, it was an awesome novel.

This story is based in the year 2022, and I feel it was aimed to imitate what is happening in the world now with Covid. A mutation of the genes is infecting humans and turning them into Neands. When this happens, they become vicious and harmful to humans. When the parents of main character Charlie disappear one day, he’s sent out on a quest to find them and figure out more about the disease.  Read more

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A near-future thriller with clever details, Kyra Johnson


Violet Black
First book in the Black Spiral Trilogy
Eileen Merriman
Penguin Random House New Zealand
Pub. 2021

 

October 26, 2021

Violet Black is the first book in Eileen Merriman’s Black Spiral Trilogy. Set in the near future, it tells the tale of two teenagers, Violet Black and Ethan Wright, who have survived the deadly M-fever virus. The virus has killed hundreds of people in NZ, with other cases in Germany and Australia. Most patients who get M-fever die from it or develop encephalitis, which also has a high chance of death.

But against all odds, Ethan and Violet have survived.  Read more

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Exciting spirals from a pandemic, Sasha Maclean


Violet Black
First book in the Black Spiral Trilogy
Eileen Merriman
Penguin NZ
Pub: 2021

 

24 May 2021

When I first look at this book, the thing that draws me in is the cover: a purple ring with a soaring purple hawk inside it. The purple mist and funky lettering let me know this will be a great sci-fi adventure.

I couldn’t speak, but I was trying so hard to communicate and then… then… I pushed. And something, someone pushed back. Her name is Violet. Violet, but she is sunshine yellow, and I need to find her because I think she might be like me.  Read more

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