Rating: 4.5⭐️
If post-apocalyptic creatures, the disheartening yet predictable aftermath of WW III, gore and battle bots, science and geeky mechanics combined with motorcycle gangs, heinous global politics , and sentient cats aren’t your thing, go no further. No romance but very good reason for the lack of it.
I hadn’t read anything from Faith Hunter before but I throughly enjoyed Junkyard Cats, so much so that I went ahead and bought the rest of the series.
The intriguing description and great cover got me but the fast paced, almost insanely complex story kept me glue to the page right to the end.
With a fantastic female main character named Shining Smith, she’s the, presumably “dead” owner of a junkyard that she and her father had. It’s in a pretty remote desert location in West Virginia, a place so rough and hard that no one ventures into it without a very good reason. It’s Shining, her assistant who’s mostly metal, and the cats. All the cats of the junkyard.
Who Shining is or was, what’s so special about those cats, and in fact, everything about this story, including the fact that she and her father were a part of a large motorcycle gang, is a joy and a string of surprises this book is in store.
There’s a lot of talk, or perhaps, weaving in of sections about nanotechnology, bots, science, technology, ships design, and just fantastic stuff to nerd out and explore as the narrative weaves Shining’s story of her personal journey of survival and current life in as a junkyard owner. It’s action packed, fascinating, and imaginative storytelling.
It’s also a quick read. This is a novella. So if any of this sounds like something you would like, grab it up. For me, it’s a winner.
Cover design by Rebecca Frank of Bewitching Book Covers.
The Junkyard Cats Series – 5 books
JUNKYARD CATS #1
JUNKYARD BARGAIN #2
JUNKYARD WAR #3
JUNKYARD ROADHOUSE #4
JUNKYARD RIDERS #5
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From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood fantasy series comes a tough new SciFi heroine who is far more than she seems. JUNKYARD CATS is the first in the novella series.
After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug Aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old junkyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is no longer human, and the junkyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.
This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane, a note clutched in his fingers, a note warning her of a coming attack.
Someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the junkyard and its secrets? Will she be able to stop the coming attack without the recon satellites overhead discovering what is hidden on the barren land? Or is the life she has built for herself over? Will she have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands?
Publisher
Lore Seekers Press
Publication date
August 25, 2020
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Language
English
File size
3.0 MB
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Print length
152 pages
ISBN-13
978-1622681556
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