The Fever King (Feverwake, 1)

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In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia.

The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks--refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency. Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister's offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meets the minister's son--cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful--and the way forward becomes less clear.

Caught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he's willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.

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384 pages

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maxliv
Mar 10, 2023
This book is insane. I'm shaking. I'm not sure if I was even breathing, blinking or alive while reading it. There's so much I could say, but this is such an unice experience to have, the words will feel like blood in your veins. I must say, if I haven't bought the sequel already, I would be pissed off right now, because I just want to jump into it. The plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the political conflict's, the allegory to the holocaust and eradication of minorities, the so amazingly written representation of a dictatorship government that's brutalizing and controlling it's people through fear and misinformation, the heat of the incoming rebellion from marginalized people. It's the sci-fi dystopian novel that you need in your life. Noam will be not just a character, but a part of yourself through this story. He could put that whole world in flames and I wouldn't even care. In his place, when the shit was going down at every side, I would probably just lay on the floor and cry. As for Dara? I really hope he'll also destroy everything and get his revenge, he deserves it. I can't wait to read The Electric Heir and let myself dive into this world once more.

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