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The Verity: Part One

By: M. J. Lawrie
Narrated by: Amy Putt
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Their death. Our glory!

The Lottery is the chance of a lifetime. The one and only hope a girl has to escape certain death as a sacrificial soldier, fighting the bloodthirsty, flesh-tearing monsters that roam freely beyond The Wall. Put in your name, and if chosen, become wife to the powerful and gorgeous leader of the last of humanity, Lord Noah Sands. A supposed living god amongst the last of humankind.

For 17 years, Scarlett has lived as just such a soldier. Trained from birth to kill without question, and ready to die without complaint. Along with her group of misfit friends, she loves exploring the lost world beyond The Wall and fighting for humanity’s freedom.

For Scarlett, winning The Lottery is a fate worse than death. It means turning her back on her secret lover, and worse, giving up the freedom being a killer gives her. No chance. But Lord Noah Sands has only ever had eyes for Scarlett, and when he threatens the man she truly loves, Scarlett must make an impossible choice. Put her name into The Lottery and marry the monster. Or become something not even he can control. Something that will kill her quickly, if she’s not careful.

To save the man she loves, she'll risk everything. Her life. Her freedom. Even her humanity. "

The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games in this gripping dystopian fantasy of love against all odds and life or death stakes.

©2020 M. J. Lawrie (P)2023 M. J. Lawrie Fantasy Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Romance Science Fiction

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This book was incredible the first time around, listening to it brought the characters I loved to life, it gave them soul. The story is brilliant, original with twists and turns that I didn't see coming at all. MJ paints a world that you feel you can touch and I found myself wandering around my busy house, with my headphones in. I have no doubt that I will listen to this book again. 5 stars!

I loved it all over again!

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The storyline was so amazing! and action-packed from start to finish. Some parts were slightly predictable but still, this didn't take away the great story. the character were well-written and the world-building was so brilliant. The FMC I greatly enjoyed how she was strong, all throughout the story and had a badass vibe. I would have liked to have had a bit more romance between the character but, this may still happen in the next book. I really enjoyed this book overall and look forward to listening to the next book. 😀

Gripping story

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An absolutely brilliant book! Both the story and the performance! I can't recommend it enough!

The Last of Us meets Attack on Titan

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A great post zombie apocalyptic story,

Part 1 of 2

Great story really enjoyed it, fast paced and fun, great action, and secrets are revealed..

Scarlett is a fantastic FMC that won’t let anyone let anyone boss her about, won’t let anybody manipulate her into doing what they want her to do, she’s someone who will defend her family anyway she can.. even if it means leaving everyone and safety behind to keep them safe….

Ends on a cliffhanger but luckily part 2 is already available….

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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This book lives in a world where Earth has fallen due to a massive catastrophe which changed the world forever.  The lands are diseased with zombies who have varying levels of strength and want nothing more than to take out the living population.  Everyone in The Verity have their roles, and are controlled by a draconian ruler who restricts everyone's movements & even worse dictates which children people can have.  When rules are broken or you upset the wrong people, a special team of masked law enforcers are allowed to serve justice in whatever form they wish.  Everyone lives in fear of upsetting them in case they are thrown out of their gated community, with little chance of surviving outside in the zombie riddled harsh lands.

Scarlet is a sometimes bratty, strong-willed individual who knows what she wants, is loyal to a fault, and caring towards the ones she loves.  But her intentions and behaviour are often misunderstood by the very people who are closest to her.  She lives to fight, and shuns domesticated life.  But when her aspirations are challenged by a secret admirer, her whole being is threatened & her safety net quickly pulled from underneath her.  When someone tries to blackmail her, she has no choice but to fight for her life, which leads her down a deeper, more dangerous rabbit hole.

TBH I found it difficult to get into this audiobook because it initially came across as a children's book.  But once the author gets through the introduction of all the main characters and I allowed the story to soak in a bit more, it got interesting fast.  That interest only escalated every time the author dropped another bomb which added to the mystery of Scarlet's situation.

This book has good world building, is well written, full of grit, lots of zombie action, mystery and danger.  Apart from the introduction, the author doesn't allow you to ever get comfortable with the storyline, as more golden nuggets are dropped.  The characters are complicated, well developed and there is a sense of never knowing who you can fully trust, especially when it's discovered that someone has murderous intent.   In a way, this story reminds me of The Handmaid's Tale but with 'a little' less misogyny, with aspects of The Hunger Games and The Walking Dead.  

Although it is quite a lengthy book, it didn't feel that way when reading, which just goes to show how much I enjoyed this book. I happily spent the weekend indulging in this story.  The only thing I didn't like was the big cliff-hanger ending.

I wasn't sure about the narration at first however, the narrator quickly grew on me.  Amy Putt is a talented narrator who easily differentiates between character's, accents, sex etc and does it in a believable way.  

I definitely recommend reading this book for some interesting, action filled escapism.

I was given this book for free of my own choosing and I voluntarily left this review.

Brilliantly Surprising!

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