by Kate Hawkings
Published February 28th 2012
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Summary from Goodreads:
Not many people can say their entire existence has been one big lab experiment: poked and prodded by scientists, genetically modified to be the best and endure the worst, subjected to daily tests and trials that would kill a normal human. All Michaela wants is her own life, to be able to go to school, flirt with boys, maybe eat ice cream now and then. So when the chance to escape finally comes, Michaela and her sister grab it, taking their friends with them.
But they weren’t the only ones to find their way out of those labs. Following close behind are another breed of creature, one that doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong, who exist only to feed their own hunger. The appearance of a strange boy who seems too much like them to be a coincidence makes things even more confusing. But as the world begins to literally fall apart around them, Michaela must accept his help, especially when she could lose the very thing she holds dearest: her sister.
But they weren’t the only ones to find their way out of those labs. Following close behind are another breed of creature, one that doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong, who exist only to feed their own hunger. The appearance of a strange boy who seems too much like them to be a coincidence makes things even more confusing. But as the world begins to literally fall apart around them, Michaela must accept his help, especially when she could lose the very thing she holds dearest: her sister.
Thoughts:
The Sphinx Project is a thrilling, action packed beginning to an amazing new series by Kate Hawkings which will certainly captivates its readers. The story centers on Michaela or Kayla who is a product of a secret science experiment to create a hybrid super human from the genes of various animals and combining it with human genes. As expected Kayla is the perfect super soldier but she longs to escape from the malevolent and sinister scientists who keep her and her sisters imprisoned in their facility.
The girls were given a lucky break when a massive earthquake destroys the facility which allowed them to escape but a group of zombie-like creatures from the underground cells also made their getaway to the outside world which resulted in disastrous consequences.
The pacing of the book is pretty intense and nerve-wrecking as the girls had to experience several life threatening situations which not only includes earthquake but also tsunami and a volcano eruption towards their journey to freedom. But the price of freedom is certainly high and when they were betrayed by one of their own, Kayla had to decide who can she really trusts.With soldiers hot on her trail, zombies on the loose and the world on the brink of destruction, Kayla certainly had the impossible task of staying alive and rescuing her sisters at the same time.
For a self-published work, this book is amazingly well-written, the characters are solid and the story is so engrossing that I had a hard time putting it down! The ending is indeed a shocker and I just can't wait to read the next book.
Verdict: 4 stars.
In my Debut Author & Self-Published Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
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