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Lethal Seasons (A Changed World) Paperback – August 6, 2014

by Alice Sabo (Author)

4.5 628 ratings

Book 1 of 5: A Changed World

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Nick counts survivors for Angus’s research on the uncertain future of the human race. Ten years after the has virus whittled down the population, survival is never a given. He wants his life to stay as normal as possible in a world he no longer understands.

Wisp is a fugitive biobot, engineered for a society that no longer exists. He lives off the land, constantly moving, hiding his extrasensory skills. A reluctant warrior, silence and subterfuge keep him alive.

Lily is a feral child with long brown hair and eyes the color of ripe cherries. She is searching for her brother after they got separated in a scuffle with mercenaries. She is the result of something that started long before her birth.

When these three lives intersect, a chain reaction of death and violence will change the course of the future and threaten the future existence of mankind.

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"Lethal Seasons is a promising start to a series that I, for one, will have on my list of "must reads," hopefully for some time to come...by the end, you'll be so hooked you'll be chomping at the bit for the sequel. Sabo threw me into a world that felt both alien and familiar, and I don't have plans to leave it anytime soon."
- Daniel J. Dombrowski, Nonlocal Science Fiction

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 6, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 373 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1500526622
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1500526627
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.84 x 8 inches

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Alice Sabo is the author of over 25 novels in 7 series. Her character-driven stories range across multiple genres including science fiction, post-apocalyptic, high fantasy, mystery and contemporary fantasy. Whether seeking lost cultures in an unforgiving galaxy or fighting the Darkness on the streets of the city, her books have strong world building, multi-layered characters and a satisfying culmination.

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Gerri

5 stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024

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This was a well written and interesting story. I enjoyed the characters and the world building. I am downloading book 2 immediately!

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Excellent view of social dynamics in difficult situations

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018

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Very well done. Interesting characters. Excellent view of social dynamics in difficult situations. Enjoyable. I will read the rest of the series.

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Jane Morris Coons

Great Post-Apocalyptic read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016

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I picked up this book because it was free, and said the world had been decimated by a virus. I was confused when weather & climate change played such a big part - the author waits until about halfway in to explain that for decades the climate change had been getting worse before the government sat up & took notice. Then it took a couple more decades to implement infrastructure change to deal with the bad storms. Those changes (like putting power plants & running wires underground; building storm shelters in train stations, schools, large buildings, etc.) is what allows settlements like High Meadow to grow.

Scientists created biobots - originally out of grief, to replace a lost daughter. Biobots are human, but are built and then "awakened" as adults. The creators then pour knowledge into them. Of course the govenment and corporations want them to all be geniuses, but they are basically slaves and that drives some of them crazy, leading to murders. A "mad scientist" creates a virus to kill the biobots - but it ends up killing half of the world's population at the same time. The virus mutates each year, killing more people and animals.

Those that are left band together - some in med centers, like High Meadow. How does mankind survive when we have lost the people who used to know how to grow things, how to make things?

I like the fact that each chapter starts with a sentence or two from a book about the history of the world since Year Zero - written by the man who is the leader of High Meadow. It explains and examines the world our characters live in, without a huge "data dump". I loved the two characters at the center of most of the action - Nick, an FBI agent in the old world, and a biobot named Whisp who has a form of ESP where he can sense people - find them if they are lost; judge their emotions.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys post-apocalyptic fiction.

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angela parson myers

Bought the Sequel Before I Turned Out the Light

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018

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If a book makes me stay up late to get to a “stopping point,” it has something special that really captures my attention. In the last several months, Lethal Seasons by Alice Sabo is one of only a couple that kept me up till 2 a.m. several nights in a row.

A dystopian novel, Lethal Seasons includes familiar elements like a runaway virus, androids (called biobots) with superhuman abilities, climate change, charismatic leaders who are trying to reestablish civilization, and evil gangs trying to destroy it. I admit I don’t seek out dystopian novels—get enough of that from the news—so my opinion isn’t as well informed as it could be. The only thing I see that’s really different in this novel is the use of train stations as a lifeline that supplies rations and vaccine from a largely absent “government” to keep people hanging on to life.

So what about this novel kept me up, whipping through pages on my Kindle? Good grammar, immediate immersion, pace, and character development.

I read, or try to read, a lot of books that are published by small companies or even self-published. One of the problems many have is that the authors never learned grammar and apparently didn’t have an editor. In some cases, I don’t even get through the back-cover blurb before I start grinding my teeth. While I might debate a couple of comma placements, this book didn’t make be grind my teeth once.

Another problem with some books I try to read is that they start way before the story does. I remember being told that when authors have finished a novel, they should throw out the first two chapters. Lethal Seasons starts with a bang and handles part of the problem of backstory partly by using quotations from Angus Moss, the “charismatic leader.” Including those details in a book is completely in character for him. Individual characters’ backstories are revealed a little at a time throughout the novel as they should be.

The pace of the story kept me completely engaged. Downtimes revealed interesting details about how life at High Meadow, a successful settlement of survivors, was maintained.

I immediately liked the main protagonist, Nick, who is the explorer for the settlement who finds other settlements they can trade with. I could identify with Angus, a man probably about my age, who is doing his best to keep a history of events and to prevent the old knowledge. Wisp, a biobot, isn’t the evil or unfeeling character of stereotypes, but a fully-developed human being, albeit a manufactured one. Even many minor characters are sufficiently well drawn to bring them to life.

The night I finished this book, I ordered the sequel before I turned out my light. I’m still thinking about it and am concerned for the wellbeing of the characters almost as if they’re people I know. Lethal Seasons meets my criteria for five stars.

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Kindle Customersteve o

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2023

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Now that hit the spot. Great plot. It was like a roller coaster ride. The characters were all great, you wanted to cheer for them when times got tough. I will be looking forward to the next book!

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Travlgrl

A Familiar Sceanario for Our Times

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021

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A story that almost could be ripped from the headlines. I especially liked the characters. They are people we would like to be friends with if this were a true story.
The author paints a vivid picture of how our world could change in the blink of an eye.
This first novel was a scary read while living through our current pandemic in 2021.
I was held captive from the beginning of this first book and immediately purchased the second and third books before I had even finished the first. You will probably find this happening to you too.
I had to keep reminding myself this is fiction…or is it?
You won’t be sorry you started this series…be sure to give yourself plenty of reading time.

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IRENE NERODA

Very timely novel

Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2021

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I found this to be riveting had to read well into. The night
Real page Turner . And with our world fighting off Covid 19 virus and pandemic. This . Could . Very well be a true story.
Timely . Novel

Hippolyta

Interesting and optimistic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2021

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This is a bit different from the run of the mill apocalyptic fiction. It’s set 10 years after a flu epidemic collapses modern society and explores the challenges of restoring functional communities. It’s well written with engaging characters and plenty of suspense as ferocious weather, collapsing infrastructure, raiders and recurring flu epidemics threaten to destroy the fragile community. I very much liked the note of optimism which is rare in this kind of fiction. The central characters understand that they need to fight in self defence but remain true to their values - and disarm suspicion with tea and cookies. There are conventional science fiction elements- there are some charming engineered super humans - but this works well within the themes of common humanity and the need to work together to overcome threats. The fourth book explores politics and political self-serving and that I found weaker and skipped a bit, the rest I thoroughly enjoyed. A thoughtful and effective series.

ozcopilot

Set sometime in the future where a virus has wiped out a lot of humanity.

Reviewed in Australia on May 30, 2019

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A fabulous dystopian novel by an author I have not read before. I really enjoyed it and will be looking out for the rest in the series.

Lynne E. Jones

An excellent beginning...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2017

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This was one of the best post-apocalyptic books that I have read in a long time. The characters were believable and the plot was excellent. A plus point was the total lack of zombies or weird biker gangs.

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Chris

Great new ideas

Reviewed in Australia on February 17, 2019

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Great read with many new ideas, very welcome as some in this area are a bit same same, looking forward to more.

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