The Rage Colony

The Colony, Book 2

De: Shanon Hunt

Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine, Erin deWard

They promised purification. They delivered poison. One that hijacks the mind. A curse that will change humanity forever.

Behind the protective walls of the Colony...

Layla grows restless. The Colony is filled with secrets, and James keeps her in the dark. So, when a woman from her youth opens a crack into her past, Layla discovers everything she believed about the Colony has been a lie - even the baby she carries.

Burdened with an unnerving pregnancy and tormented by terrifying hallucinations and blackouts, she sets out to uncover the unspeakable truths inside the Colony’s walls.

Outside, in the poisoned world...

The virus has killed millions and devastated the economy, but investigative reporter Nick Slater is determined to find and expose the illegal biohacking ring that’s snatching young people from the impoverished streets.

When he’s framed for arson and forced into hiding, his only chance of getting the story is to join the unsuspecting victims herded onto buses and swept off into the night.

As Nick risks his life barreling toward the truth and Layla struggles to constrain the invasive life growing inside her...

A new, evolved breed of humans is about to be unveiled.

©2020 Shanon Hunt (P)2021 Shanon Hunt

Excellent

I loved how the story continued. I would have like for there to be more about the old people with the babies.
Layla’s reveal was a bit of an ah-ha moment where you have this idea of it but you just aren’t sure. I hate that she stayed with the one person who lied to her and used her.
It’s a great story and one I’ll probably remember & recommend for years to come.
Narration by Noah and Erin was outstanding.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Fantastic followup to "The Pain Colony"

I do suggest reading book 1 first because it's a perfect segue into this book.
This is such a well-written story that takes place a few years after book 1, following two timelines and unravelling the truth behind a strange pandemic in a way that's never been done before.
The narrator is wonderful. I would definitely choose books by both narrator and author again.
I requested to review this audiobook and provide an honest review in exchange.

Medical Thriller with Cults & Gene-Editing & More

What I liked?
After The Pain Colony (I reviewed this back in April of 2020) I was captivated and rather impatient waiting for the second book in this series, The Rage Colony. And once I got my hands on the audiobook, I was not disappointed. The story picks up with Allison Stephens (now going by the name of Layla) who is well within the colony that preaches the mantra that "with pain comes peace."

In this story, she explores a little more of that pain and doubts that there's any attached peace. This story doesn't go into the life of Allison Stephens prior to joining the colony very much, as the first one did. Instead, you see her previous "Allison" personality start to come out as she starts to question the colony, what it stands for, what's her true place, and what it might be hiding.

I liked that the author featured this ambivalence in her.

What I didn't like?

Not a dislike of the book, but I truly couldn't stand James. After everything, he turns out to be no better and possibly the worst of offenders in Allison's life.

Overall:

If you enjoy the genre of medical thrillers with that of cults and gene-editing, I think you'll like this. I gave this 4 stars.

Loved it

As good as the first book! This book will take you into the world where man tries to create the perfect human, at all costs. They create the perfect killer who kills without remorse and without hesitation. Except for Leyla, unable to kill James, her husband, she fights the unnatural urge to kill him. Ultimately becoming the first to take an experimental drug that is supposed to take away the murderous urges.
This book contains disturbing content involving infants and use of stem cells.

Both narrator's do a fantastic job again bringing life to an audible so you can experience a book in ways you can't by reading it yourself.
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I received a free copy of this audible. I'm thrilled to be able to provide my honest review.

Took a Fantastic Turn!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I love when you think the second book in a series is going to keep going in the same direction as the first, and the author pulls a fast one on you and swivels in another direction. I thoroughly enjoyed The Pain Colony and wondered what else Hunt had up their sleeve. The Rage Colony did not disappoint. A must read!