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Shade Owens is an award-winning author of gritty, young adult fiction and dark dystopian stories driven by strong female characters. One of her most cherished works, The Feral Sentence, has captured the hearts of thousands of readers.
When she is not having animated discussions with the characters in her head, Shade can be found gaming, playing acoustic guitar, or painting characters from comics, movies, or video-games to be given to family and friends.
Reviewed by Arya Fomonyuy for Readers' Favorite
The Feral Sentence by Shade Owens is a collection of four novellas that constitute an excellent read for fans of young adult thrillers. The stories feature an exciting setting with characters that are memorable. It’s a futuristic work that deals with resilience, creativity, and the will to survive against all odds in a very harsh and unforgiving environment filled with convicts.
Meet Lydia Brone, falsely convicted and sentenced to an island for three years. Can she create her space and survive in a place where everyone fights ruthlessly to protect their own space? In book two, her friend is abducted and she must uncover a sinister truth about the powers that rule within the village walls. In the third part, Brone and her friends fight for survival in a place that knows no mercy. The final installment shows her with a small group of escapees as they search for possible survivors and set out to create a new world. Read on to see how they face the ultimate challenge put before them.
Here is a compilation of stories that are the perfect length for fans of the short story, well-crafted to keep the reader turning the pages. Lydia Brone is a well-imagined character and readers will enjoy the way she develops throughout the story, finally taking on a leadership role that her friends will depend upon. The plot is masterfully planned and executed with surprising twists for the reader. The prose was impeccable, woven with vivid descriptions that convey powerful images to the mind of the reader. The Feral Sentence by Shade Owens is an exciting read, a page-turner, a real success in the thriller genre.
