Valiant, Merrie Destefano

The Valiant was supposed to save us. Instead, it triggered the end of the world.

Here, we immerse ourselves into a YA Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel, set on Earth – yes, our earth – where everyone has immersed their funds into the Valiant (a space-mining ship), only to have it depart and Aliens invade. This novel is fast-paced, so try keep up!

In the very, very near future (I could still be alive, and that scares me), the second, great-depression has occurred, and with it we are experiencing a drought and energy crisis – all doom and gloom around here. However, Americans have experienced hope in the (aforementioned) Valiant.

Yet as the ship is taking-flight, Earth is invaded by a race called the Xua – with the ability to possess humans, and turn them on each other, that hope, was fleeting.

Enter Sara.

17-year-old Sara, finds out her brother, Gabe, is the target of the invasion, and strives to keep him alive, and with the help of TIME TRAVEL – hello plot-twist – Sara has the chance to save the world (a few times really).

With the intense speed the novel progressed, the plot, world building and characterisation was seemingly weak, yet it had moments of intensity which contrasted to this – where the aliens characterisation was strong enough to make them creepy, and the way their hunt for Sara/Gabe inherently effects other people (perhaps a moral conundrum, is the life of her brother worth the lives of the ENTIRE WORLD, who is dying while they search).

In all, Merrie has created an intense and intricate novel with thought-provoking connotations.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. For more, visit https://ljkastermanslibrary.wordpress.com/

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