Item: Displaced
Rating: 5.00
Author: running2write

by Dan Hook

Society is rebuilding upon the ruins of the old world, hundreds of years after climactic events. To the east remains a vast lifeless wasteland, off-bounds to the world, plagued by a toxic haze… and rumours of something unnatural within it.

Tensions heighten between two of the largest settlements when the border is violated and blood is spilt. Luther, Head of Security in Carbon City, must investigate to lessen the risk of a war breaking out, while Zara, one of those involved in the conflict, finds herself lost in the wasteland. Believed to be an uninhabitable place, she quickly realises she is not alone.

Elsewhere, Shelby is kidnapped and forced to take part in a dangerous mission in the heart of the wasteland.

Displaced by events beyond their control, will Luther, Zara and Shelby find what they need before it’s too late?

NGL I have been burnt out on post-apocalyptic stories recently. The news in general makes these types of stories hit harder than they should.

However, this book was great escapism. Dan Hook wrote three simultaneous engaging stories that were interlinked more and more as the story went on. I cared about the characters he created and the world they inhabited. There was corruption, heroism, and "ancient weapons" as society needs to relearn what we currently know.

The plot threads were compelling and the characters were all unique. This is a powerful opening entry into the series that I cannot wait to return to. Dan Hook knows how to tell a story worth reading that never delves too far into the depressing aspects of the end of the world. Characters struggle to survive, but they continue to push forward, even when the easy thing to do is give up. That is a surprisingly hopeful message found in this post-apocalyptic story.

Displaced (Dark Array, #1)

by Dan Hook

Reviewed by Ben Pick on Nov 17, 2022

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