Eoin Colfer takes dystopia, science fiction
and orphanages and gives it a good mixup in The Supernaturalist. In Satellite City in the third millennium, population 25 million, if you don’t have sponsors, you end up in an orphanage as a human guinea pig for food and product testing. 14 year old Cosmo escapes
from Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys almost getting
killed in the process. As he lies dying, he sees a small blue parasite
start feeding on him. He is saved by, and then joins a gang of Supernaturalists
who have dedicated themselves to destroying the parasites. Then they make
discoveries that turn everything they believed upside down. The plot twists and
turns and there is plenty of fast paced action, the futuristic world is believable,
and the characters well developed. If you enjoy dystopian sci-fi and an
engrossing story, you’ll enjoy The
Supernatualist.
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