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Nuclear war, dystopian unrest, a genetic mutation that divides twins in life and unites them in death—the “refreshingly nuanced” (Booklist, starred review) first novel in award-winning poet Francesca Haig’s richly imagined and action-packed post-apocalyptic trilogy “is poised to become the next must-read hit” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Four hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse, all humans are born in pairs: the deformed Omegas, who are exploited and oppressed, and their Alpha twins, who have inherited the earth—or what’s left of it. But despite their claims of superiority, the Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: whenever one twin dies, so does the other. Cass is a rare Omega whose mutation is psychic foresight—not that she needs it to know that as her powerful twin, Zach, ascends the ranks of the ruling Alpha Council, she’s in grave danger. Zach has a devastating plan for Omega annihilation. Cass has visions of an island where a bloody Omega resistance promises a life of freedom. But her real dream is to discover a middle way, one that would bring together the sundered halves of humanity. And that means both the Council and the resistance have her in their sights.
The Fire Sermon, by Francesca Haig- Amazon Sales Rank: #194293 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
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From School Library Journal A gifted teen stays one step ahead of a government determined to prevent her from changing the status quo. Four hundred years after a nuclear event, Cass and her brother, Zach, are born into a world in which everyone is a twin. One twin is an Alpha. The other is an Omega, born with a deformity or mutation, shunned and separated from its family. However, when one twin dies, the other does, too. Cass has a rare mutation, which she hides as long as she can. She is a seer—she can sense events before they happen. After Zach exposes her, Cass spends her teen years in an Omega settlement, while her brother joins the governing Council and starts working with a woman dubbed the Confessor, a rare Omega collaborating with the Alphas. Zach's influence grows, and he kidnaps Cass and locks her in an underground cell where he can protect her from his enemies. Cass escapes and travels toward the sea in search of the island, a rumored safe haven for Omegas and a hotbed of rebellion. There are intimations that Cass has a special gift that makes her invaluable to the rebellion, but readers will have to wait for the next in the trilogy to find out just what that might be. Haig emphasizes ideas, character, and setting more than fast-paced action. VERDICT An original premise gives this otherwise run-of-the-mill postapocalyptic novel an interesting spark.—Angela Carstensen, Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City
Review “Readers who enjoy the Hunger Games series, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and like-minded dystopian literature will enjoy this first title in a trilogy.” (Library Journal, starred review) "As an award-winning poet, Haig's prose is gorgeous and engaging, particularly when she describes the desolate landscape, now peppered with ruins from the Before. Fans of dystopias will appreciate this adventure filled yet character-focused tale that offers hope and explores (in a refreshingly nuanced way) the moral complexities involved in defeating an oppressive and backward government structure." (Booklist, starred review) "Debut novelist Haig builds a richly textured world and creates characters who immediately feel real. The suspense of the plot, driven by the fear and anger underlying this unbreakable bond between twins, never flags. Haig's experience as a poet shows in her writing, which is clear, forceful and laced with bright threads of beauty. With its well-built world, vivid characters and suspenseful plot, this book, the first in a planned trilogy, is poised to become the next must-read hit." (Kirkus, starred review) "Set in a vividly realised world of elite Alphas and their ‘weaker’ Omega twins, [this series] holds a mirror up to our obsession with perfection.” (Guardian) "A potential heir to the Hunger Games.” (Vulture) "The Fire Sermon is an undeniable page-turner... At the heart of Haig's worldbuilding is a precious love story between Cass and a fellow Omega on the run named Kip. The writing surrounding these two beautifully demonstrates Haig's craft. If you thought Peeta Mellark had a big fan club, just you wait. There will be copious amounts of kissy fan art and montage videos. You can count on it." (Bookshots (LitReactor)) “Fantasy and sci-fi fans finally have a book they can bond over. This is going to be a series to watch." (RT Book Reviews) “The best post-apocalyptic novel I’ve read in years – it’s dark, deep, and doesn’t conform to the dystopian tropes we’ve all come to expect.” (The Mary Sue) “A beautifully written tale of a dark and often unforgiving post-apocalyptic world . . . a spectacular introduction to the series." (Fresh Fiction) "Words like 'masterpiece' and 'instant classic' are cliché, but in the case of Francesca Haig's astounding The Fire Sermon, they're the only words to use. It's a breath-taking, passionate, absolutely sensational work of imagination, perfectly structured, beautifully written, populated with fabulous characters and packed with intrigue, violence, compassion and underlined by a very important human message that is always present without ever becoming homily. The Fire Sermon is completely without equal – it leaves Hunger Games, Divergence, Twilight blah blah-yawn twitching in the dust." (Starburst Magazine) "A hell of a ride. I would recommend it to anyone I can, regardless of age." (James Oswald, author of Natural Causes )
About the Author Francesca Haig grew up in Tasmania, gained her PhD from the University of Melbourne, and was a senior lecturer at the University of Chester. Her poetry has been published in literary journals and anthologies in both Australia and England, and her first collection of poetry, Bodies of Water, was published in 2006. In 2010 she was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship. The Fire Sermon, her first novel, was published in 2015. She lives in London with her husband and son. Visit FrancescaHaig.com and follow her on Twitter @FrancescaHaig.
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful. Well Written Novel By She Treads Softly The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig is a recommended first book to a new YA dystopian series.Centuries ago a nuclear apocalypse destroyed the known world, leaving behind a blighted land. In this new world all babies are born as twins, one male and one female, one Alpha and one Omega. The Alpha's are the "perfect" twins (either male or female), without any birth defect or mutation. The Omegas are the "weaker" twins, the one with some "defect" that sets them apart. The Omegas are all branded on the forehead and sent away to live in separate hardscrabble communities where, while the Alphas shun them, they also rule the Omegas and require them to pay tithes. If either one of the twins experiences something painful, the other twin will feel the pain too. More importantly, if one of the twins dies, the other will too. Their lives and deaths are inexplicably connected.Cassandra is an Omega whose defect is that she is a seer, which means she has a kind of psychic ability. In her case she was able to hide her defect until she was 13, at which point her twin, Zach, tricks her into admitting it. Cass goes to live in an Omega hovel while Zach rises to the Alpha Council. Once there he imprisons Cass but sends a seer in who is working for the Alphas, to try and get her to reveal what she sees in her visions, especially wondering if she sees an island where only Omegas live.There is no doubt that Haig, a poet, has a way with words. Technically her ability to write and capture a scene and the emotions surrounding it add a depth and richness to the narrative which elevates the story about just another YA dystopian novel. It is the quality of writing that kept me reading this novel. This is the first of a planned trilogy and rights have already been purchased by Dreamworks.That said, I almost stopped reading this novel for several reasons. The abelism, disability discrimination, is disturbing. I was never able to buy into the whole Alpha/Omega system where you send the "defective" twin away, treat them badly, etc, etc, and yet if the Omega twin dies so will the Alpha. It just doesn't make sense to me and I can't suspend my disbelief enough to get all the lingering questions out of my head. I also found the plot rather slow moving. It was difficult to believe in Cass's abilities, which seem to be rather random, present when they are needed for the plot. The big plot twist was not a surprise for me.So, for me, this is a technically very well written novel with an unbelievable world. YA readers may be able to set aside any niggling disbelief or questions about how this society is set up, but, in the end, I couldn't.Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Gallery Books for review purposes.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful. A book without a plot; that's becoming a "thing" in YA these days. By Southern Gal 2014 Word to the wise, I only got to page 276 in this book. I'm actually kind of shocked I didn't finish this book, because I put it on hold for a few days AND was so close to the end, but I couldn't take another second of the drawn out scenes, the fluff, & the bipolar see-saw of each character's emotions. So if you're reading this & you take offense to me reviewing a book I haven't read 100%, just move around & save your dribble for someone that gives a ship.Anywho, I'm starting with the positives, because although this book annoyed the life out of me, there were many positives that shouldn't/can't be ignored!The positives =)For me, there's no doubt that the author is an accomplished poet. The writing, in the beginning, of this book is flawless. It was like water from a bubbling stream; cool & so refreshing. I found myself chewing up this book with crazy speed because of the writing. Along the writing, I absolutely loved the portrayal of the orphanage (can't remember what it was called in the book). This portion of the book was the most developed, in my opinion, & the characters therein would be perfect for a spin off! My favorite quote is below:"It's just an idea." "Maybe that's enough."The negatives =(This book reminds me of Brandon Sanderson's "Steelheart". How, you might ask? In many ways, is my answer. Readers are "kept on this book's hook" via shoddy suspension, withholding of information, & drawn out scenes.We're thrown into this book without knowing what's going on, but unlike in the Maze Runner, this gimmick doesn't work for this book. The so-called suspension hovers around us not knowing what the hell it is that Cass does, why her twin hates her, & why she loves putting herself in compromising situations. Along with the above, & in direct relation, information is purposely left out, so that the reader has to read on. This gimmick might work in Indie works that cost a dollar & are part of a serial collection, but in a book that's nearly 400 pages?! Naw, son; it just doesn't work. But we can't forget the drawn out scenes. You the ones! The ones where the characters are simply sailing to their destination, but instead just capturing that moment, we're given rambling monologue & a tedious description of the rocks around them that are futile because she has psychic abilities, so us knowing what they look like doesn't matter because it's not like she'll crash into them...she freaking knows they're there.This book was marketed as fast-paced, exciting, & brilliant; the author's background as poet used as another ploy to pull readers in. I mean, how could someone who's known for their poetry write an awful book?! But that reasoning is beyond flawed & I'm left wondering why I cared to end my YA hiatus, along with what the hell the publishing world is doing spewing books like this as ground-breaking.This book, & others like it, are a major reason why I (almost permanently) gave up reading YA, along with reading in general. Now don't get me wrong, I understand that publishing is a business & books have to be published for that business to stay afloat, but for the sake of making a profit, awful books shouldn't be published just to be published... at least that's what I believe.But we can't forget the rest of the issues with this book.Cass. In the beginning of this book she's moderately likable, but she slowly (but surely) takes that away from you as she starts to open her mouth & actually talk. We soon learn that she's a martyr that's not only as useful as a gnat, but prone to saying something, & then turning around & saying the exact opposite. For example, she'll say that she's better off killing herself because her twin's ruining the world, but then she's about to be killed & she's talking about how her death doesn't matter because her twins course has already been set.Uh, bish whet?!Not to mention she's incredibly selfish & sacrificial; not even sure how the author managed that one. She refuses to bend to the Confessor because she doesn't want her twin hurt, but then again she hid her Omega-ness when she was a child, which caused her twin to be hurt. Along with this, she has condoned her twins actions by making sure that she, and her twin, stay alive. She's quietly enamored with her twin's crazy antics, claims to feel each Omega's death (though that starts happening out of no where), & suddenly knows more about battle strategy than the leader of the island.Sounds about right.I could talk about her all day, but I won't; she's not worth it. & neither are the two love interests: Piper & Kip.Piper's supposedly strong & bold, but he ultimately bends to the will of Cass who can nothing but "see" things. He constantly coddles her, tells her how amazing she is, & puts the safety of his people at risk because he obviously cares for her. His years of dedication to his island is tossed aside when Cass comes in; he even lets her escape while his "people" lay massacred in the street. He defies the wishes of those around him, ones he's one for wayyyyyy longer than he's known her, & constantly reduces himself to a trash bag when begging Cass for direction.Because she's ruling the island, not him. Oh wait, Cass isn't ruling ship.He killed his predecessor to bring about order, claiming the prior king wasn't for his people's safety, but in his own way Piper is worse than his predecessor. While the previous king wanted to assure the islands safety by getting funds to keep it running (not saying all his tactics were right, lol), he surely didn't let Omegas be slaughtered while he played grab ass with his girlfriend.& that's exactly what Piper does, he plays grab ass with a girl he barely knows.Then there's Kip. The super convenient friend who has no history & has no backbone. Where a man should be strong, he's Cass's puppy dog & follows her wherever she goes. It never dawns on him to seek out his own history to make his own history; he simply follows her around like it's the only option available. He's stupid & immature; codependent & an enabler. Much like Edward in Twilight he feels he knows what's best for Cass, even when he's dead ass wrong.He's weak & moody, sensitive & futile. He's negative & rarely has a positive word to say. He's a liability, has low self-esteem, & takes Cass's ignorance like a soccer ball to the face; with a flinch & unsuccessful duck a few seconds too late. I read in other reviews that he dies in this book, but I didn't get to that part & if I had, I wouldn't have cared. I mean, how can you care for a person you know nothing about?Alex. He was okay, but I think I would've believed in his character more if we were "shown" what he was like & not "told". His villainry was so "out there" that it was hard to take him seriously. It was like he had been played up to be so bad that when we were shown how bad he was, it was anti-climatic. The negatives don't stop there, though. He swears up & down that he's started something & he has to finish it...but he continuously avoids what he must do to achieve his ends (not that I'm okay with them lol). He's just as bipolar as Cass when it comes to his emotions, but I guess that's to be expected.The plot holes. There were so many I don't see how this book was published. I figured out that the Alphas were planning to lock the Omegas in those tanks as soon as Cass started having visions of them. It was clear that the Alphas increased hostility against the Omegas was because they were priming them to enter the refuges where they would be put into tanks. The island was obviously a death-trap because there was only one way in. There was no point to this book because the one thing that could've saved the island (most likely), was knocked off course by Piper. Had they taken out Cass when they learned who her twin was, they might've been okay. Had Alex allowed his sister to be put in the tanks, he might be closer to his goal. Had the Confessor not been so patient, she might've been closer to her end goal. No matter how you spin it, this book amounts to a zero sum because all chances for the plot to make sense were cast off, never to be examined again.The plot in general. We're expected to believe that Cass spends years in a cell, where she personally states she's in poor condition, but she's able to jump on the buildings ledge with the dexterity of a cat before black mailing her brother? I could get past that, but how was she able to tear up her sheet without them noticing that her sheet went missing? Okay, maybe, but how is it she's able to summon her brother when it's obvious "he's" in control, & then trick him with the okie doke?! Along with that, what about her not running into ANYONE when she starts her escape?! Not to mention her thinking it's a good idea to break one of the tanks with a wrench. But, wait a minute, in such a stronghold wouldn't the tanks be bulletproof? I mean, technologies taboo in the community outside, but in the castle they have electricity, so what's stopping them from getting sturdy containers for their tanks? Not to mention them getting away safely, without being seen, & then navigating to a place no one they know has ever been. & the island people welcoming them is so normal, right?! Wrong. It's abnormal because if this place is so secretive, why the hell would they allow their children to play alone near the only entrance & exit of the island? Not to mention them allowing Cass & Alex to walk around on their own (when they first got there)?I could keep going, but for the sake of this review already being forever long, this book's plot was nonexistent & beyond stupid.The deus ex machina. Dear Lord, the deus ex machina. She just happens to steal her sheet without begin caught; she just so happens to find the tanks rooms & free Kip before getting flushed like she's in a freaking toilet; she just so happens to know how to navigate caves she's never been in; she just so happens to know when the guards are coming; she just so happens to know how to sail a boat across a freaking ocean to a place she's never been; she just so happens to start getting specific visions that allow her to help the island (which she'd never had the ability to do BEFORE she got there); she just so happens to be loves by the cities leader, Piper; she just so happens to have a solution to the island's problem, but she doesn't give a ship because she's useless like that.I promise this isn't an angry rant (okay, maybe a little lol), but I take offense to books that claim to be one thing, but end up as another. Naturally everyone has their own opinions, but for me this book was just awful. Anywho, I don't recommend it.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful. A brilliant new voice in post-apocalyptic fiction By Shay VanZwoll 4 1/2 StarsFour hundred years after the blast, a strict civilization enforces life.. based on your birth. But not by prestige or nobility, nor by birth-order... but instead by the deformities left over from the blast. For in the After, all human births are twins: one perfect - Alpha - and one imperfect - Omega. Once the twins are split and the Omega child branded, the imperfect child is thrown out, to be cared for by an Omega relative or left at an Omega orphanage. The Omega children are not killed, however, since killing one twin kills the other.But not all Omegas are obvious. Though most imperfections are visible - a missing limb or an extra eye, for example - there are also the Seers, born just as perfect as their Alpha twins until the visions and dreams begin. Cassandra, a Seer who managed to hide her abilities for thirteen years, is both gifted and burdened with the feeling of being part of a family, since she was able to stay with hers for so long, and a twin who hates her for it.THE FIRE SERMON isn't perfect, but it's enjoyable and exciting, bringing us into a brand new universe where it's not always easy to know who is good and who is bad. Generally you can start a dystopian book knowing that the downtrodden citizens are going to be the heroes, with the privileged elite the authors of all horrors. While THE FIRE SERMON does contain some of those elements, it isn't always as clear, especially since Seers are set apart and untrusted by Alphas and Omegas alike and Cass fights prejudice from many around her. Fighting a battle that neither Alphas nor Omegas want, Cass gives us a new look into a world where everyone is tied together by life and death, struggling to keep separate while keeping an advantage over the other.Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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