Book synopsis
“Welcome to Ararat, the verdant, hostile home of the Elites.”
The year is 242 Post Inundationem. Global flooding has submerged most of the Earth’s former landmass in water. The Masses struggle to survive on the low-lying plains, while the Elites party on the heights.
When sixteen-year old Naya DeLora is recruited into Eden Academy, the prestigious school for the Elites, to become their new swim champion, she seems to have struck gold. But life on Ararat Heights is not what it seems. And Naya has a secret. One that could save her life—or cost her everything.
About Miranda Storm
We’d like to introduce ourselves…we’re Miranda Storm. Yes, there’s actually four of us. Wow! Right? Our names are Kai Knight, Evan V. Francis, Skyrah Archer and Ira Kiourti. Some of us have chosen artist names, some are using our real names, and we all have our areas of expertise.
Kai’s our sports enthusiast—a kung fu black belt, scuba diver and rock climber, who loves developing plot twists and action scenes. Evan’s our star at adding comedic elements to dialogue and action, and he is fascinated by the power of books to bring imaginary worlds to life. Skyrah’s our expert at developing characters and their background stories—which is no surprise given she’s also an actor—and she has a hidden passion for military stories. Last but not least, Ira’s our logician, philosopher, and stargazer who loves the sea and is on a quest for consistency and meaning.
Our story starts on a sunny summer afternoon when the four of us sat together in a sleepy Athens taverna and came up with the concept of Blue Out and the character of Naya DeLora. Over the next four years we laughed, struggled and conspired to bring this story to you. So many things inspired us, our connection to Greece and its deep blue seas united us and it runs deeply within this novel. Our greatest joy is sharing this world and all its characters with you. We’ve had a blast bringing them to life and we hope you enjoy reading about them just as much as we loved writing them!
My review
Blue Out is full of adventure and a few surprises thrown in too! This isn’t my usual genre of book but I really enjoyed it. We follow the story of Naya DeLora who is a formidable girl and I was rooting for her the entire time. It is set in the future and climate control has changed the way they all live now. There is a a struggle for power amongst the elites. It covers a lot of topics such as bullying, equality, control to name just a few.
Ararat Heights seems to be a very interesting place and Eden Academy was very prestige and you could sense the way there was stark difference to where Naya came from originally.
It has plenty of drama, intrigue and I am interested to see what the next book contains, as this one was left on a bit of a cliff hanger.
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Disclaimer – Thank you to the Authors for my gifted copy of the book for my honest review.