An anatomy of beasts

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Title:

An anatomy of beasts

Author:

Cole, Olivia A. author.

ISBN:

9780062644244

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

421 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

Faloiv ;

Subject Term:

Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction.

Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.

Scientists -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Life on other planets -- Fiction.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Summary:

Octavia's search to uncover the truth grows more dangerous as she becomes determined to protect her planet's fate. In the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community of N'Terra and the Faloii, the indigenous population. But after uncovering the shadowy secrets of the Council's newly elected leader and helping a kidnapped Faloii man escape, sixteen-year-old Octavia knows that conflict is looming. Then the Faloii discover the N'Terran's latest experiment: an artificially weaponized creature, and Octavia realizes that it's up to her to prevent her people from causing any further destruction. As she and her friends set out to understand the scope of humanity's history, nothing can prepare them for what they discover about both their home on Faloiv and the Origin planet. With war on the brink, Octavia must act to change her people's future before the natural balance on the planet shifts forever. --

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In the dazzling sequel to acclaimed author Oliva A. Cole's YA sci-fi/fantasy debut, A Conspiracy of Stars, Octavia's search to uncover the truth grows more dangerous as she becomes determined to protect her planet's fate. This series is perfect for fans of Amie Kaufman, Veronica Roth, and Pierce Brown!

In the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community of N'Terra and the Faloii, the indigenous population. But after uncovering the shadowy secrets of the Council's newly elected leader and helping a kidnapped Faloii man escape, sixteen-year-old Octavia knows that conflict is looming.

Then the Faloii discover the N'Terran's latest experiment: an artificially weaponized creature, and Octavia realizes that it's up to her to prevent her people from causing any further destruction.

As she and her friends set out to understand the scope of humanity's history, nothing can prepare them for what they discover about both their home on Faloiv and the Origin planet. With war on the brink, Octavia must act to change her people's future before the natural balance on the planet shifts forever.

Reviews (2)

Kirkus Review

Picking up directly after the events in A Conspiracy of Stars (2018), this volume follows Octavia in her search for answers and her discovery of yet more questions.After losing her mother and uncovering the sinister plans of N'Terra's most influential and extremist leader, Octavia flees her home, enduring another shock when she encounters her supposedly dead grandparents. Safe in the bewildering and amazing Faloii city of Mbekenkanush, Octavia discovers over 100 humansAcclimates who left N'Terra to learn from the Faloii. Their peace is shattered, however, when one of Dr. Albatur's weaponized experiments attacks and the Faloii become aware of N'Terra's violations of Faloiv's delicate natural ordercrimes that risk open war not just with the Faloii, but with the planet itself. Octavia is frantic to stem the tide of conflict, but every move she makes only seems to unearth more treacherous secrets and deeper connections between the N'Terrans and the Faloii stretching back long before the humans ever crashed onto the planet. As with the first book, readers who hunger for immersive worldbuilding and for the moral ambiguity that is native to sci-fi as a genre will be well-sated here. Plot development that initially teeters toward a colonizer-savior narrative (much like Avatar) frenetically swings into greater, if still anthropocentric, complexity toward its conclusion. Octavia and several other characters are black; ethnicity is unclear for other humans.Readers will eagerly barrel over the edge of this cliffhanger. (Science fiction. 13-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Cole follows up her stellar sci-fi novel A Conspiracy of Stars (2018) with an explosive sequel, bringing the welcome return of 16-year-old Olivia, her friends, and two entwined worlds. Faloiv is a planet whose indigenous people, the Faloii, live in a tenuous peace with the humans who colonized their planet; N'Terra is the world where the scientists studying Faloiv reside. In her first outing, Octavia did the right thing in exposing the secrets of N'Terra's ruling council and its elicit experiment, but now her actions have led to the threat of war. This threat further escalates when experiments to create a weaponized creature are exposed. However, the N'Terran's experiments threaten much more than war. Their meddling might upset the very balance of the natural order on Faloiv if Octavia can't find a way to right her people's wrongs. While A Conspiracy of Stars whisked readers away on a whirlwind mystery-adventure in space, its sequel pushes the mystery and tension readers loved from the first book to staggering heights. The twists and turns will leave readers holding their breath and eagerly guessing what happens next, only to turn the page and realize nothing is as they imagined. With this story, Cole's duology comes to a stunning, deliciously nerve-wracking close.--Enishia Davenport Copyright 2019 Booklist

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