The Flight of the Silvers (The Silvers, #1)

by Daniel Price

Without warning, the world comes to an end for Hannah and Amanda Given. The sky looms frigid white. The electricity falters. Airplanes everywhere crash to the ground. But the Givens are saved by mysterious strangers, three fearsome and beautiful beings who force each sister to wear a plain silver bracelet. Within moments, the sky comes down in a crushing sheet of light and everything around them is gone. Shielded from the devastation by their silver adornments, the Givens suddenly find themselves elsewhere, a strange new Earth where restaurants move through the air like flying saucers and the fabric of time is manipulated by common household appliances. Soon Hannah and Amanda are joined by four other survivors from their world, including a mordant cartoonist, a shy teenage girl, a brilliant young Australian, and a troubled ex-prodigy. Hunted by enemies they never knew they had and afflicted with temporal abilities they never wanted, the sisters and their companions begin a cross-country journey to find the one man who can save them, before time runs out.

• ISBN10: 0399164987
• ISBN13: 9780399164989
• Publish Date: 4 February 2014
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Imprint: Blue Rider Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 594
• Language: English

Reviews

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Wow ... I just ... what did I just read? And more importantly ... where has this book been my whole life? As a fan of Sci Fi in my TV/Movie choices, it always baffles me that I generally shy away from it in my books. But something about the blurb of THE FLIGHT OF THE SILVERS by Daniel Price fascinated me. So I gave it a shot. I'd never heard of Price, which isn't surprising since this is his first foray into the SciFi/Paranormal genre. I'd honestly never heard of the book until the review request came in. But I took a chance. And after hearing my thoughts I hope you will too. I am going to try and be as vague as possible, the story I think would lose some of it's exceptional qualities if things were spoiled for you.

The story starts off introducing us to the Given family. They experience an unexplained event that they try to forget, and are mostly successful. Jump forward to the sisters as adults and suddenly shit really hits the fan. While there is a large focus on the Given sisters, I hesitate to say they are the main characters. There is a group of six, referred to as The Silvers (See? the title comes into play!) that the whole story revolves around. I would almost say the reader is an invisible seventh character in the story, as the narrative takes you on a journey with Amanda, Hannah, Mia, Theo, Zack, and David. You may see things they don't notice as important, but you learn about the new world they are thrust into as they do. It can be fascinatingly frustrating at times, but that frustration gives you a deeper connection to The Silvers that you would not have had otherwise.

Something I feel like I have to address - yes the book is Sci Fi. Which means there is some "science" explained as the world is. However, there is not on large info dump. And not all the characters are traditionally "smart" in the sense of book smarts. So as long as you pay attention and learn the lingo you will be able to "keep walking" along with the characters just fine.

Something that was a wonderful surprise for me as a character driven reader was the complexity of the bad guys. I use that term loosely, because as you go along, you will develop an certain empathy, and maybe even understand their motives. At least some of them. At this point I am still unsure who exactly is a bad guy and who is a good guy. But rather than frustrate me, it is wonderful. I usually like knowing what's what, but the way this story is told I am actually more than ok with being somewhat in the dark.

I don't really know what to say to convince you to give THE FLIGHT OF THE SILVERS a try. You should just try it. today. While obviously not EVERYTHING is resolved in book one (there would be no reason for a book two if that was the case!) there is enough resolution that the wait for book two will be tolerable. But just barely.