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How I discovered this book: I read Outliers, Book #1 of this series by one of my favourite writers, and was looking forward to the next episode.
Genres: Post Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Adventure, Fantasy.
This series is set in a world many years after the downfall of a previous society. A group called the Sovereigns rule this new world, aided by the strength of the soldier tribe, the Fortis. The Outliers are made up of four tribes, who work for them. The main character in the series is Indra, a young woman from the Winta tribe. In the previous book she fell foul of those in power and saw her husband die at their hands, and also developed feelings for a Fortis soldier, Asa. Though women in the Winta trible are expected to be submissive and concentrate on things domestic, Indra finds a strength she didn't know she possessed. When Book #1 ended, she was out in the forests, hunting both animals for her tribe to eat, and Fortis soldiers.
Uprising concentrates on Indra's growth, as circumstances conspire to decimate their tribe. Taking survivors into hiding, she sees what must be done to right the injustices done to her people and the other Outlier tribes.
Kate Mary is just such a good writer. Her characters spring off the page and she has a real knack of illustrating the passion between two people without saying very much at all; Asa in this book is, in my mind, another version of Axl in her Broken World zombie apocalypse books, who was very much in the Daryl Dixon mode; suits me! The ending is great, and I assume there will be more...
There's no recap from the last book and I've got a really bad memory, so I downloaded Book #1 again (I've downloaded them both on Kindle Unlimited) to read the last 10% of it to remind me what was going on. The books are not stand alone; you need to read them in order, as it's a continuing story. I thought the pace was just right, the story imaginative, and I'd definitely recommend this series to anyone who likes this genre.
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