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    Three
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    Three

    Written by Jay Posey

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

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    About this audiobook

    The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more.
    But when a lone gunman reluctantly accepts the mantle of protector to a young boy and his dying mother against the forces that pursue them, a hero may yet arise.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 1, 2013
    ISBN9781480537644
    Three
    Author

    Jay Posey

    Jay Posey is the author of the Legends of the Duskwalker trilogy and the Outriders series. He’s also spent fifteen years with Ubisoft/Red Storm Entertainment, contributing as a writer and game designer to a variety of projects, ranging from Tom Clancy’s award-winning Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six franchises to the virtual reality game Star Trek: Bridge Crew. Jay currently resides in Durham, North Carolina.

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    • 5/5
      Received this to review from Netgalley. I enjoy most Angry Robot books, but this one was a cut above. They normally have new and intriguing ideas, but this was a whole world that felt organic, revealed slowly, with no unnecessary detail. The whole idea of the Weir was perfect -- enough information that they were frightening, but not so much that the mystery went out of it and left them ridiculous. They're sort of zombies. High tech zombies. They're not invulnerable, and their danger isn't hyped up unbearably -- danger comes from all around: the Weir, basic survival, and the gang on Three's heels.I didn't expect some of the twists this book took; some were obvious after another previous turning point had been passed, and yet at the same time it wasn't obvious that that would have to be the outcome. And I loved the way the characters developed: the way relationships slowly grew between them, and the way that very little could be seen as black and white.Ultimately, I don't know how to talk about this book without spoiling the experience. It's a little bit of a Western, a little bit sci-fi, a little bit horror survival story. It's absorbing and well-written, and surprised me on many fronts, and I'll rec it to everyone once it's published. If you have a Netgalley account, this is one not to be missed; if you're an Angry Robot fan, part of the Robot Army, likewise; if you're not, may I suggest that this is a most excellent place to start?

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    • 4/5
      Good book. It got repetitive, (spoilers ahead). Every 3 hours, a mini plot was recycled. Bad guys chased. Good guys flee to next town. Find a friend. They leave. Friend dies. Repeat.

      I'm also not a huge happy ending guy. The ending felt rushed and mom was resurrected after being a zombie, but at least one of the good guys died. Still. Good book, but not perfect.
    • 4/5
      The basic story description does not do much justice to this novel. Set in a future apocalyptic future, similar to Earth, the people are somehow linked to a computer-like network. Through this connection they can access information such as the time, sunrise/sunset times, GPS, etc. People live in communities, to protect them from creatures that run the night, called Weirs. Three is the name of our main character, and appears to be a sort of bounty hunter. When in one community, he is approached for help from a strange woman and child. Though his instincts tell him to not bother, he follows them, and gets caught up in saving their lives. She asks him to help deliver the child to his birth father in another community.

      The story tells of their travel, eluding those chasing them - a group called RushRuin, ran by the mother's other child, half-brother to this boy. This group has enhanced abilities that give them added strength, or other attributes. As they travel to this other distant community, Three discovers emotions he had long though hidden, and of the unknown powers the boy child has.

      I thought the plot interesting enough, though Posey does sort of just drop the reader into this world without much background information. How did the world get to be this way? How are people wired into this network? What exactly are these Weirs and how/why are the created and what do they hunt for? The second book, MORNINGSIDE FALL, will expand on more of these details I hope. Great read that even the YA crowd will like.
    • 5/5
      ThreeLegends of the Duskwalker, Book 1By: Jay PoseyNarrated by: Luke DanielsThis book blends some wonderful things together to make a book that was excellent listening!. A book about a seeming post-apocalyptic world with techno access. It also has "Weir" that change shape and other more fantasy aspects to this sci-fi thriller. It has a lone survivor that is different from most others and he chooses to help a mom and her kid. They too end up being very different. Three is the guys name. He is a tough guy and helps her and the kid but she is not a damsel in total distress, she too has skills. It is a wild adventure and had plenty of action, creative characters, great plot, and I can't wait for book 2!
    • 4/5
      Review at The Hungry Monster Review

      Three is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure novel. It follows a strong lone gunman type protagonist named Three, though gunman is probably not the right word as ammunition is hard to come by and he dispatches foes with is sword more often than not. In the beginning of the story he is a bounty hunter that enjoys his solitary lifestyle until one day he finds a woman and her son in need of help. To him there just more beggars amongst many that are starving, scared and in need of help. He doesn’t really help strangers without it profiting himself in some way, but for reasons he can’t explain, he wants to help these people and changes, for the better, in the process.

      Before I go into the rest of the book let me first say that there is a lot in this book that the reader is left to assume, which the author did intentionally. There are some big ideas that are not fully explained, but there is enough outlying details that, if you have a good imagination, you can just guess. But if you don’t, well don’t worry. The author promises to reveal more of the world and the Weir in the following books of the Dusk Walker series. I’ll preface my assumptions with ‘I believe’ to denote what I think happened.

      The two strangers that he helps are a woman named Cass and her son named Wren who is about six years old. Cass is a ‘chemic’, which is someone that can metabolize different chemicals to augment her natural ability (which is something that is needed in this new world). Their on the run from a group of people that steal secrets from people’s heads. Their leader, Asher, is a powerful man that can not only steal secrets by reading your mind, but he can also control you, the reason for this I’ll give later. Asher and his crew, named RushRuin, which is an assemblage of similar bad to the bone people like Three, are chasing Cass and Wren because Wren is believed to have powers similar to Asher’s. Three decides to lead them out of the city and into the wasteland where the Weir roam.

      The Weir are cybernetically reanimated humans with ice blue eyes with, I believe, rotting skin and the like as, I believe, they look like zombies with some electronic upgrades inside of them. Not much detail is given about the Weir, only that they come out at night, for reasons unknown, and they want to kill people, for reasons unknown.

      Three takes Cass and Wren out into the wasteland and together they fight off the Weir and Asher’s crew while visiting different cities and encountering different, interesting people. It’s very much an adventure novel in this sense, but the most fascinating part of the story lies with what is unexplained.

      Everyone in the world is implanted with technology at birth that lets them access satellites still orbiting the Earth to retrieve information, kind of like accessing the internet, and also lets them upload their ‘soul’ before they die to, I believe, a database sort of like heaven. If you read a book called Surface Detail by Ian M. Banks (very good book), you would get an idea of how this works. How people got these implants or how they keep installing them in people in the bleak world they now live in is not explained, but should be explored in future novels. These implants are what Asher uses to control people. He has a special connection with this technology, the satellites and the ambient ‘signal’ of people.

      The world is filled with different kinds of left over technology, gene modifications, implants, chemical enhancements, even the dust that floats around is intelligently designed, which is like smartdust, again something that will, hopefully, be explained in future novels. There are even times when Three is walking through the dead world and he can see some lights on in a window of an abandoned building from technology that is still working oblivious to its own irrelevancy (yea, that’s a word).

      The book does not really describe what the Weir are or why the Earth was destroyed, it will slowly be revealed through the series, but I can guess. I think that it has something to do with the Seam that the characters encounter 2/3 of the way through the book. I believe, this is a huge swath of land where, maybe, an asteroid or the like impacted the Earth. This along with the appearance of the Weir led to the downfall of humanity. I believe the Weir are a byproduct of experiments on humans that led to everyone being implanted with upgrades at birth. But this is all just conjecture. The story itself is well written. Reading was slow because I got the sense that every word was important and the story could change quickly with just a few words. The beauty of this novel lies in the nuanced detail of Three’s interactions with the world and other characters.
    • 4/5
      I was pleasantly surprised by this novel & it wrapped up more completely than I expected for the first of a series. As weird as the post apocalyptic world is, we slowly figure out much over the course of the novel. There were no data dumps. LOVE IT, although if you like tidy answers & everything explained, this book isn't for you. You need to read between the lines & remember the few facts that are so casually dropped. Even so, you still won't know all the answers, although I think I made some good guesses. That's why it is first in a series. This is an action packed introduction to the world & there is much more to be revealed.

      The main characters are all remarkable, may be a bit too much so at times, but pretty good overall. A hardbitten man, a beautiful mother & her son are the main heroes. They're facing a main set of villains plus a world that is out to eat its own, but nothing is quite as it seems on the surface. Stereotypes mutate suddenly to add depth & deliver a kick in an understated, often bleak tone. Posey isn't afraid to use his characters hard to make his points, either. Excellent. I'm looking forward to reading the next which is due out next year, I believe.

      Write faster!

    • 5/5
      Three is a loner, who seems to be out for just himself, when he sees a mother and her child in trouble. Against his better judgement he gets involved. He finds they are in much more dangerous trouble than he could have imagined and it becomes a race to get Cass and Wren to safety. Characters and setting grabbed me right from the start and just wouldn't let go. I loved this book and highly recommend it! The sequel comes out in late April. You can bet I will be reading that as well!
    • 4/5
      Thank you to NetGalley and Angry Robot for providing me with a pre-release copy of Three in exchange for an honest review. This futuristic, post-apocalyptic science fiction novel piqued my interest as soon as I saw it, and I knew even from reading its simple and brief description that I definitely had to check it out.The story opens, introducing us to a world where society has crumbled and human activity only exists in pockets of safe zones across a devastated landscape. When the sun sets, creatures known as the Weir come forth and the night is filled with their glowing blue eyes and sounds of their electrifying howls. The setting is unmistakably post-apocalyptic and even has the slight feel of a western, but at the same time it appears a significant portion of technology has survived. Throughout this novel you will encounter characters utilizing high-tech weapons, implants, chems, mechanical limbs and the like.The book features our eponymous protagonist Three, a lone gunman who has turned to bounty hunting to make a living. One day, he emerges from the wasteland to collect on a successful job and encounters a distressed woman pleading for help with her young son in tow. Three has always worked alone and prefers it that way, so he is surprised to find himself accepting the mantel of protector to Cass and her boy Wren. To keep themselves alive, the trio must go on the run to escape the merciless adversaries who are after them.I remember finishing the prologue and being a little unsure about what to make of it, which really isn't all that unusual given how it typically takes me at least a few chapters to get a feel for a book. But then I read the first chapter which introduces Three, and I was hooked. There's just something about him that makes the reader want to learn more, his character being a man of few words notwithstanding. While Three may play to the familiar dangerous-looking-but-honorable-tough-guy archetype with simple and straightforward motivations, the author definitely knows how to present his character as someone you want to root for right away.I also liked the trust and respect that develops between Three and Cass over the course of their journey. To me it felt really natural and gradual, even with the many trying yet justifiable obstacles along the way. Cass loves her son Wren and guards him with the ferocity of a lioness protecting her cub, so it's such an engrossing process to see her views evolve as she begins to accept Three and make room for him in their lives.I very much enjoyed the setting as well, which I talked a bit about at the beginning of this review. There are elements of it that will be familiar to readers of post-apocalyptic science fiction, but it also feels unique. My one regret is that the book didn't provide as much context as I'd have liked, such as how the world became this way, how some of this strange and awesome technology came about, what gave rise to the Weir and where they go during the daytime and how they turn others into one of them, etc. None of this information is necessary to understand and follow the story, of course, but my curiosity gets the better of me sometimes, and it sucks having these questions hang at the back of my mind as I'm reading, especially for such a fascinating world.Needless to say, for a debut novel, I thought this was very impressive. Three may be a little light on plot, but I like that it makes up for this with its fast pacing and well-written action sequences, sometimes alternating between the viewpoints of the various characters like you see in movies, creating this atmosphere of danger and suspense.If his goal was to leave me wanting to know more about these characters and this world, then Jay Posey definitely succeeded. I wasn't sure before if this was going to be a series and if there were going to be any more books, since the story's ending tied up rather nice and neatly (which was a nice plus). But then some digging around showed me that Legends of the Duskwalker is indeed going to be a series, so I'll be sure to be on the lookout for more by this author in the future. There's still so much I want to know about the history of some of these characters, how they got to where they were, and what else is in store for them.