I wasn’t overly impressed by the premise of this story. Post-apocalyptic world, old technologies, a young curious student . . . this had the potential to be all a bit same-y.

However, the storyline has kept me interested for two and a half chapters so far. The main character, Samo, is engaging (if bratty), and the dialogue had me laughing aloud in places. I’m consistently wanting to turn the page (metaphorically) and find out more about this mysterious Inventor and the Order he presumably left behind him. Not to mention the new chaos this kid is going to cause.

Negatives? The sentence structure is convoluted and difficult to navigate at times. The action is a little jerky in places. That said, the jerkiness seems to fit Samo quite well – he strikes me as the manic-depressive type Some of the cultural references seem out of place, and not entirely thought through.

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