{"id":7702,"date":"2017-04-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2017-03-30T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:56:09","slug":"b-battle-attack-ninth-city-burning-by-j-patrick-black-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=7702","title":{"rendered":"B = battle, attack, Ninth City Burning, by J. Patrick Black (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookAlien war never ending<\/a>,
\nYouth who must master their powers.
\nHumanity’s future is at stake!<\/p>\n

Ninth City Burning<\/em> is great sci-fi with a magic twist, a big book that reads fast, as its many young characters take turns telling how they can use the aliens’ ‘thelemity’ power against them, find ways to work around centuries of military regulations, and scramble to shift the odds of humankind surviving to fight another day.<\/p>\n

Be sure to read the first chapter by young cadet Jax at the publisher’s website here<\/a> – this is not a drill…<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Ninth City Burning \/ J. Patrick Black. Ace, 2016. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Five centuries of predictable alien attacks, then changes. Cities turn thelemity against the aliens through the few who can control it. Country folk don’t even know that Earth is at war for its existence. And then…<\/p>\n

Told in many voices – reluctant hero cadet Jax of Ninth City, traveler Naomi missing her musical family, overconfident problem-solver Kizabel, and more – this future filled with powerful choices, harnessing power, and the power of lies is a satisfyingly complex tale of aliens, near-magic, war, loyalty, love, and family ties.<\/p>\n