The Colony: Book 1, Rebellion, written by J. Tomas, is told by Aine, a sixteen year old boy living in a place known as the Colony. Readers will realize quickly that the would-be utopia that is the Colony is more of a drug-controlled prison that is reminiscent both of the classic dystopian novel, 1984, as well as the vaults from video games Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. Aine's rebellion against this oppressive society starts when he accidentally drops a pill so that he is unable to take it and has a dream for the first time in his entire life. That romantic dream focuses on his best friend, another boy named Kyer, not his Other (intended life-mate), a girl named Brin. From that moment forward, Aine's belief in everything that the Colony has forced him to be starts to unravel. He ultimately decides to find a way to change both his and Kyer's fates.
Before I give too much plot away in this review, I just want to say that I really enjoyed Rebellion. I could not put it down once I started. The writing is engaging and the book is very quick-paced. Aine's view of the other characters give them a sense of veracity, however, some are equally surreal in their unwillingness to break free of all the restrictions and all of the pills that keep them falsely numb or content. The consequences of restricting people's freedoms is clearly one of the cautions in this dystopian tale, but I appreciated that even with all the planning from the Overseer and the Council, the restrictions failed. I still have many questions and I am dying to see how Tomas answers them in The Colony: Book 2.
Definitely give this book a try if you're fan of dystopian young adult literature. Rebellion is out now on Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, and on QueerTeen Press's website in both e-book and print formats.
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