Sci-Fi Month 2024: Books From The Backlog - The Divide by Jeremy Robinson

    

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome back to Books from the Backlog, the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books.  Plus, this month I'll be featuring science fiction in honor of SciFi Month 2024 (Image credit: Artwork by Sxwx).  Anyway, this is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon.

This Week's Neglected Book

The Divide by Jeremy Robinson

Published: March 2, 2018

Genre: Sci-Fi Horror

My Copy: 

Format: Paperback

Pages: 370

Where I Acquired It: That Friends of the Library Book Warehouse 

Summary Per Goodreads:

A wildly exciting journey through a world remade, THE DIVIDE combines real characters with horrifically realized creations, pitting the worst of human nature against the strength of family. Equal parts action, horror, and moving drama that only Jeremy Robinson can pull off. WHEN THE DIVIDE IS CROSSED… No one remembers how the Divide was created. The miles-deep and miles-wide chasm has existed for hundreds of years, protecting what remains of humanity from the a creature whose shadow moves across the horizon at sunset. Davina, daughter of Jesse, is a shepherd. She spends her days guiding herds of deer through the forests of New Inglan, protecting them from predators, herding them away from the Divide, and ensuring the tribe of Essex has meat when needed. While many shepherds die in their first year—from the elements, from injury, or in the jaws of a wolf—Davina is resilient. Having just slain a mountain lion, Davina returns to her village to discover a hunting party has been sent out in search of the Modernists, a group fascinated with the past, the technology that once filled the world, and what lies beyond the Divide. To keep the Modernists from reaching the Divide’s far side, and revealing humanity’s presence to the Golyat, the hunters will torture and kill them all. Including Davina’s teenaged son. Davina strikes out, intending to ensure her son’s death will be quick and without torture. Reaching the island of Boston first, Davina confronts the Modernists and finds herself incapable of taking her son’s life. Captured by the enemies of Essex, she is transported across the Divide, along with her son and the Modernists. For the first time in five hundred years, humanity steps foot on the Divide’s far side. Stranded with the enemy, Davina must fight to keep them all alive, herding people instead of deer, while uncovering the truth about humanity’s past, and her connection to events that reshaped the world. …THE GOLYAT WILL FEAST.

Why Did I Add It?

I wasn't already familiar with this author, but I do enjoy sci-fi horror and I've been on the look out for kaiju books.  Hopefully this will be a good one!

Have you read this thoughts or would you read it?  Would you recommend it to me?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!