Once on the Alt-Earth, the six Silvers each develop a different superhuman power. There are two sisters, Hannah and Amanda, guys Zack and Theo, and two teenagers, David and Mia. At the beginning of Book 1, Earth is destroyed, and two godlike creatures known as the Pelletiers save a small number of humans by transmitting them to an alternate Earth using bracelets of silver, gold, copper, etc. Using Price’s entertaining but thorough guide to Book One on his website, I jumped into Book Two.įirst, I’ll attempt to explain the premise. When I saw the book on NetGalley, I requested a copy.īecause his two lead characters were criticized as sexist in the first book, I broke a personal rule of mine to always read series books in order (okay I actually did that twice last month). After he solicited additional input from one of his readers, he writes that he took that input and applied it to his second book in the series, The Song of the Orphans. Last month I wrote about Daniel Price and an article he wrote in Literary Hub about developing strong, non-sexist female characters and how he responded to criticism of his novel The Flight of the Silvers.
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