Book review - The Forgotten Colony

[Viviana Kingston]

Title: The Forgotten Colony
Author: JB Ryder
Genre: Dystopian, science fiction
Rating: 5/5
Page count: 488(ebook)
Category: self published, first in series
Age rating: 13+
Warnings: mild language, death, sickness
Synopsis:
Zach Croft wants to forget about the Prescott colony on Mars, but when a drop-ship falls from the sky 23 years later, he can’t, especially not with humanity’s survival on the line. With Earth rapidly deteriorating, it’s a race against time to return to Mars, to finish what his father started, all while coming to terms with what actually happened on Mars and his role in it.

Comments + opinion:
The most brilliant part about the book is the author! He’s a 17 year old in high school and definitely proves that age is just a number when you look at the quality of his writing. This book is what he imagines the world will end up like, in tatters, and constantly battling solar flares. It’s tragic, heartbreaking and it’s about the lives of adults who are living with the consequences of their actions. There were parts I wanted to pull out my hair in frustration, but there were mostly just tears. Especially towards the end. The book gets very sad. But it’s a grappling page turner and definitely something that should get a read more than once.