The Rift Uprising

The Rift Uprising Trilogy, Book 1

By: Amy S. Foster

Narrated by: Claire Coffee

“High emotional stakes and an intriguing premise make this first entry in Foster’s new trilogy a solid next read for those who enjoyed Pierce Brown’s Red Rising or Veronica Roth’s Divergent."" -- Library Journal

An alternate reality that feels all-too-real, The Rift Uprising is the explosive start to a new trilogy that blurs the line between parallel universes—not to mention YA and adult science fiction—from acclaimed lyricist and storyteller Amy S. Foster.

Seventeen-year-old Ryn Whittaker is a Citadel: an elite, enhanced soldier specially chosen to guard a Rift, a mysterious and dangerous portal to alternate Earths scientists cannot control or close. Trained from the age of fourteen, Ryn can run faster, jump farther, and fight better than a Navy SEAL—which is good when you’re not sure if a laser-wielding Neanderthal or an axe-wielding Viking is trying to make it through the Rift and into your world.

But the teenager’s military conditioning and education have not prepared her for the boy who crosses through—a confused young man, seemingly lost and alone. While there’s an immediate physical attraction, it’s his intelligence and curiosity that throws Ryn off balance. The stranger asks disturbing questions about the Rift that Ryn herself has never considered—questions that lead her to wonder if everything about her life and what she’s been told these past six years has been a lie. Are the Rifts as dangerous as her leaders say? Should her people really try to close them . . . or learn how to travel through them?

Good read even for old adults

This is a YA sci-fi, but it doesn't get lost in the YA part of it as so many YA books do. Sure that is some but fits the story without drowning in it. I mostly like hard SF, and this story does get kind of close.

Wren is not a Mary Sue and fits will with the story,.

Great Story.

I like books that keep my interest and this one did a great job of it. Listening to it allows me to work while getting to hear a great book in a time when I don't have time to sit down and read.

Mediocrity In Bloom

Just could not get into this book. It seemed very repetitive and somewhat juvenile. It had some very good science fiction ideas, but they were not executed well. The basic premise was that of rifts opening up on earth that let people go to other parallel earths. A very interesting idea. There is also a mystery of why the government wants these rifts locked down and kept secret. There just was not enough suspense and intrigue to keep the story moving along. Narration was average.

Awesome start to a series

This book had an awesome female protagonist and even though she’s a super smart and enhanced the author did a great job in showing her growth throughout the story. The only reason this did not get the full five stars performance wise is because I found the the narrators voice when reading the Roone/Rune (no idea what the proper spelling is) portions to be super annoying.

Not for young adults

This story is well written, but definitely for 18+ adults as it uses sexuality as part of the plot line, overly so in my opinion. I would not want a younger person reading / listening to this story and definitely leans to a more left progressive stance. The story itself is not bad and the performance is great, but the use of sexuality as a narrative point for young adults pushed my rating of this story down.