My Never Ending List

They’re on the run, fifty- one individuals of Survival Colony 9.   A few years ago, most of civilization was wiped out and now small groups of individuals’ struggle to survive on what resources they can find. Their greatest threat is the Skaldis, who invade the bodies of others. The Skaldis imitate their host, controlling them and moving on to another victim once they have used up that host. It sounds like something from Alien, these monsters taking on the bodies of individuals, causing havoc within the colony and then moving on to another victims until they are finished, leaving all their victims wasted and spent. Querry is a member of Colony 9 and he just remembers his last six months of his life and no one is sharing the rest of this teen’s life with him. I really found it strange that even his father wouldn’t tell him about his childhood when Querry asked so I felt that eventually this knowledge would come to light later in the novel. Querry’s father is the leader of this colony and as the group moves across the barren land, anxiety is high as they fear the Skaldis and they never know what they might encounter. A few teens start to question the authority of the group and with the threat of the Skaldis looming; the tension of the novel is like a roller coaster

I found that there were parts in the novel where nothing really was occurring and then other times, I was totally submerged into all the struggles the characters where battling. Fighting against the unknown Skaldis was an ultimate battle but there were questions about their existence that were not addressed in the novel that I wished the author had told us more about . The author was creative in his addition with the trials and with Querry’s history. It was an interesting read.