Thank you to and for the complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. It is hard to talk about the book without giving spoilers so I will just say, definitely give this book a go and see what you think and then come talk to me about it! Perhaps that will change in upcoming books but for now I am only looking at this one.ĭespite that I did really enjoy the book and would probably read the sequel if there is one to find out what happens next in this world and where it all goes from there. Even Rose - Ben's wife is mainly there as a hinderance. Folly Beach investigators say data retrieved from Jamie Lee Komoroski’s rental car indicated she was driving 65 mph and only briefly hit the brakes before she hit the golf cart around. My only real issue with the book is that it is a bit of a sausage fest, there aren't any strong female characters or indeed any characters that aren't in the book except to be a plaything for the male characters. Authorities say a bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road.

I think that Mollart does a good job of switching between the two enough that it keeps the reader engaged and asking important questions.Īs I said I am not usually a dystopian reader so I cannot compare this book to many others but I thought that the world building was great but I would have liked a little more explanation of how the world got that way (but have a feeling there may be other books so maybe it gets explained then) but what we do get is a short leap from understandable. Imagining a society where Earth’s remaining supplies are being rationed by making humankind hibernate, Kings of a Dead World paints a haunting and profound vision of the near future where people are robbed of their most precious resource: time. There are two strands of story told from very different viewpoints, Ben, who is one of the 'sleepers' trying to live in the new world order and Peruzzi who watches over the sleepers. As someone who is not usually a dystopian genre reader I was surprised how intrigued by this book I was from just the blurb, so when I got the change to read it I snapped it up.

Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart