On today's episode of the GSMC Book Review Podcast I spoke with KM Fortune (pen name of Kathy Chance) about her serial novel The Forever Winter Chronicles. There are currently 7 installments of the novel out, with the 8th coming out on December 27th. There will be a total of 12 installments to complete the series. This is a series, but it's also a serial, so I'm going to treat it like a book and give you the description of just the first installment so as to not give too much away.
Everyone you love is dead.Everything you knew is gone.You were not supposed to wake up.Raven Winter is frozen in time. When she awakens one hundred years later, in a strange underground colony, the world as she knew it is gone. Nuclear war, famine, and a sterility plague have devastated the earth. The land beyond the walls is a wasteland.She was dead.You saved her life.Now you must kill her again.Matthew is a scientist searching for the answers which will save the human race from certain extinction. Hoping Raven might provide the answer he has been looking for, Matthew revives her from the state of hibernation. Amazed she is alive, Matthew becomes enchanted with the captivating Raven.But the colony leaders want just one thing from the woman from the ice, to study her body and harvest her fertile eggs.Will you risk it? Will sacrifice humanity’s last hope in order escape?The end of the world is only the beginning.Forever Winter: Awakening is book one of a post-apocalyptic thrill ride, which emphasizes the message that if you believe in yourself good can prevail. (Source)
Forever Winter is interesting because it puts the reader in a world that is at once both familiar and vastly different from our own world. Raven awakens out of her own time and has to learn to live in this world that bears little resemblance to the world she lives in. The culture and climate are different, the people are different, and she is thrown into this world with little to no preparation, so she has to navigate it on her own. To further complicate matters she only remembers bits and pieces of her former life.
Genres:
- Science Fiction
- Dystopian
- Post-Apocalyptic
- Time Travel
What I loved:
- The evolution of Raven's character as she tries to navigate the new world she has woken up in. She has to become stronger than she thinks she is in a very short amount of time.
- The positive outlook Raven has. A lot of main characters in this genre are very fatalistic, but Raven maintains that she is simply fulfilling her destiny and is convinced that she will find or develop the tools and skills she needs to complete that destiny.
- Some of the secondary characters who give us insight into this new world. They come a bit later in the installments, so I don't want to say too much and give things away.
Who should read The Forever Winter Chronicles?
- Fans of Science Fiction.
- Fans of dystopian stories.
- Fans of strong female protagonists.
- Fans of serial novels.
Quotes:
- "Raven trudged on, constantly switching between emotions of awe at the mountain's majesty around her and near panic at the thought that she was alone in this vast land without shelter, food, or friend." -Awakening
- "Every time [Raven] woke up, she opened her eyes with the hope the laboratory and being trapped in the cabin was all a bad dream. She was always disappointed." -Survival
Website: https://www.kmfortune.com/
Facebook: @kmfortuneauthor
Twitter: @km_fortune
Instagram: kmfortune.author
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/KM-Fortune/e/B06XK87DDS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Author Bio:
KM Fortune writes unique women’s adventure stories set in challenging futuristic landscapes. Her current series, The Forever Winter Chronicles, star Raven Winter, a woman frozen in time from a freak accident, who is awakened over one hundred years in the future. The world has fallen through plague and nuclear war and she must learn to survive in a harsh winter dystopian landscape filled with peril. Using her own steadfast determination to persevere, and with the help of characters along the way, this ultimate women’s adventure emphasizes the message that if you believe in yourself good can prevail. (Source)
To hear the interview with Kathy please click here.
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