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Break the Bastion Kindle Edition

by Christopher Rankin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Morgan Battle grows up in the shadow of the Bastion, the barrier between what remains of civilization and the void.

A wall of titanium climbing over four-thousand feet tall, the Bastion is the world’s grandest structure and all that’s left to protect America’s East Coast from the ocean, which has become humanity’s most dreaded monster. Global climate change and fracking have reshaped the Earth’s landscape and raised the Atlantic over a thousand feet. The Bastion has held steady against the abyss for over seventy years.

Morgan lives in the slums at the base of the colossal structure and he’s been chosen by its mysterious architect for a secret experiment, known as Strix. He meets the two other fourteen-year-old subjects, beautiful but brooding Callista and Lucas, a bullied boy afflicted with a puzzling and incurable illness. The experiment brings their lives together in extraordinary ways as they race to solve a frightening mystery and stop something sinister on the horizon.

Christopher Rankin’s fourth novel is a story of love, loss and revenge in a world facing its end.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KKUXMOU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 2, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 2, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2723 KB
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Christopher Rankin is a scientist and the author of Enter the Uncreated Night, Ann Marie's Asylum (Volume One: Master and Apprentice), Creating Monsters and his latest novel, Break the Bastion. He studied engineering at Rutgers University and received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, researching the nanoscale electrical properties of soft condensed matter.

He currently lives in Orange County, California with his wife, Jennifer, and a small pride of cats. His influences include such writers as Carlos Castaneda, Philip. K. Dick, Stephen King, Aldous Huxley and Michael Chabon. Others include: Terence McKenna, William James, Carl Jung, Noam Chomsky, David Lynch, Alexander Shulgin, Werner Heisenberg and Alice Miller.

Please visit his website www.christopherrankin.net for updated information.

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DragonPoetikFly

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Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017

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Review Wow what a adventure! I really got into this story. From earlier on from the way Callista's dad acted around her, I knew he was a monster. I had no empathy for him despite Callista's feelings to save him and find the truth. Well the truth truly set the Strix 3 free. Morgan was being manipulated by the La'Crone version of Strix,and Lucas and Callista were being manipulated by the Lorrance version of Strix. These three kids were used to be the leaders of the New World in two different ways, according to a schizophrenic mad genius! Everyone who did harm were karma sutra'd. It was almost like reading the version of Childhoods End the SyFy movie. All the kids or young ppl were spared and saved to start over in a new world because it was inevitable to end. The universe was righting its wrongs and giving humanity a second chance to thrive. But, unlike the movie, the characters are young impressionable teenagers who are being toyed with for a mentally ill sociopaths grand stand. I'm sure that Lucas and Callista's future will be fulfilling and hopeful, but Morgan's path will intervene at their every juncture. I don't think Lorrance/La'Crone intended for Lucas to save Morgan and take that kind of violent rage Morgan has to this new place. Either way I enjoyed the adventure, and the conclusion!

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J Bowes

Interesting Science Fiction/Dystopian Novel.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021

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I enjoyed this novel. It took place in the future, but the background of how it came to be was not explained as some drawn-out history listen, which I like because it would have reduced the pace of the story. Instead, the reader is introduced to the characters living in this new place already and join their lives in progress.

The story kept me interested as I read it in two days. It is paced well and moves fast.

I rated it four stars because of the ending. Without giving away spoilers, I was unhappy with one main character's ending and felt that this was disappointing because I was rooting for this character.

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Ricky Kimsey

Can't Say I Enjoyed It

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018

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I realy can't say I enjoyed this novel. I had a difficult time understanding the world of the book and following the story.

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K Naughton

Not my kind of book

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016

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I didn't like the ending. I typically like the fight of good vs evil in books such as this, but the twist at the end turned this book from something I usually enjoy to something I didn't. To be fair, it's well-written, intriguing, and has likable characters. It just didn't end the way I expected.

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LynnetteLantosh

What can happen in the future

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019

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This story follows 3 children from different backgrounds And the horrors of war and technology in the future And how children overcome it all

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StrangeGhuleh

Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017

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Thought provoking premise, given our current state of things. Quick read, nice change of pace for a genre that can get stagnate at times.

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Dizzylyric

Captivating

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2016

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I enjoyed this book and had trouble putting it down. Great character development and several scenes pull at your heartstrings. Ending was very abrupt, but everything up until then was fascinating.

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Judy Kirkpatrick

Keeps you wondering

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2017

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This book is completely different from anything else I've read. I never knew what would happen next and couldn't guess the ending.