In a wasteland plagued by dust squalls, geomagnetic storms, and solar flares, many would kill for iteven if no one can read it. Absorbing world-building propels this fast-paced adventure, which has crossover appeal and series potential. Erin Bowman Dustborn is now on shelves Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. Bowman skillfully portrays the privation and grief that Delta bears, alongside her determination to overcome each obstacle. With few supplies and Baby in tow, Delta heads through the hot, barren land, hoping to reach the sanctuary of Powder Town, until she, too, is captured by The General’s minions-including Asher, a boy who was once part of her pack and who also bears a secret map brand. Dustborn Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape. She suspects the kidnappers were looking for her because of the map scarred into her skin when she was five. It's a decent, if not exceptional, melding of Mad Max Fury Road and YA.We have a Patreon Join to. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers. When Indie doesn’t survive childbirth, grieving Delta returns home with Baby, only to find that her entire pack has been killed or kidnapped. Dustborn follows Delta of Dead River, a seventeen-year-old who has a map to a green paradise called the Verdant branded on her back. We read, we die, we read again in Dustborn, by Erin Bowman. Delta is the kind of practical, world-hardened character that one becomes when your only mode is survive until tomorrow, then survive some more. Venturing from her pack’s settlement at Dead River with her pregnant elder sister, Indie, Delta seeks medical attention from a healer. With her home in ashes and a useless baby in tow (so NOT what you need in a post-apocalyptic wasteland), Delta sets her sights on saving her family, no matter the cost. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in. The book follows Delta of Dead River who carries a secret, on her back is a map that supposedly leads. Read Dustborn by Erin Bowman available from Rakuten Kobo. Bowman ( The Girl and the Witch’s Garden) sets fierce challenges for implied white protagonist Delta of Dead River, 17, as she struggles across the postapocalyptic desert Wastes, searching for her pack and for the mythical Verdant, a “green paradise” to which Delta has an unreadable map branded on her back. Dustborn by Erin Bowman is a standalone YA sci-fi novel.
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