Keep your head down. Don’t look anyone in the eye. Never even think about technology if one of those ghostly, grey cars is sliding silently down the road. They’ll see the thoughts inside you, if you let them.Sam’s a technopath, able to control electronic signals and manipulate technology with his mind. And so, ever since childhood, his life has been a carefully constructed web of lies, meant to … meant to keep his Talent hidden, his powers a secret. But the Institute wants those unusual powers, and will do anything to get a hold of him and turn him into one of their mindless slaves.
Sam slips up once. Just once, but that’s enough. Now the Institute is after him in full force. Soldiers, telekinetics, and mind readers, all gunning just for him.
Newly qualified soldier, Serena, doesn’t even know she’s chasing a person, all she knows is that she has to find whatever the Institute is after before they do. But tracking an unknown entity through an unfamiliar city, with inaccurate intelligence, unexpected storms, and Gav Belias, people’s hero of the Watch, on the prowl, will she even survive? Will she get to Sam before the Institute does? His special skills could provide the rebellion with an incredible advantage, but not if they can’t get out of the city, and over the huge wall that stands between them and freedom.
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I Am the Storm by Tash McAdam is an amazing story that I have read. I was hooked from the very begining of this story and I am so in love with this brand new series by a brand new author for me. I highly recommend this story to any one who loves reading Sci-Fi and YA book then this one is for you I loved reading it very much.
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The story is written in Dual pov (Sam and Serene)
Serena and Kial, despite their broken friendship, work together to rescue Sam, a technopath, who has been caught by the Institute. Much of the story is world building. Sam, to understand his parents’ sacrifice and the world he’s grown up in, while hiding. Serena, to understand her drive to take down the Institute, and the absence of one to comfort her through the hardships she’s had to endure. There is much to lose, but more to gain if they can stay alive and out of the clutches of the Institute and its soldiers that are tracking them down.
I thought the story had a good premise, though most dystopians are similar to me. We are not told why the world is the way it is, just how it works and who is in control. I liked that there was no blasphemy, it was replaced with Google. There was mild cussing, sparsely used, but there. There is violence, fighting and training. There is no sex, but there is unrequited love, both same sex and opposite sex. I did not understand the rain and why there had been none for so long, maybe I missed it while reading. I did find myself skimming in spots. The details just seemed to go on and on in places. The story ends on a cliffhanger, which I’m never happy about. But I am not sure I would consider reading the next book.
I received a free copy of this book from BookSprout in exchange for an honest review.
Ahhh!! It ends in a cliffy, damnit! LoL
Hopefully the next comes out soon.
This was a thrilling ride featuring 2 young adults. One trained in combat and telekinesis, the other can talk to electronics. The story is told from both perspectives. Serena in one part of the world and Sam from another. Each follows their own story until they finally meet up near the end. Now they’re struggling to escape the clutches of the evil government and their soldiers “The Watch”.
It’s fast paced and action packed and will have up absolutely cheering for these characters. The world building is awesome, and reminds me of a few books I’ve read in the past, but with their own twists. Like the world is split into sectors and the main city is sealed in by The Wall. (Reminds me of Eden from The Beyond Series by Kit Rocha).
Anyway, there’s zero heat in this book, this is not a romance. I’ve not read one like that in awhile and it was actually kind of refreshing. Highly recommend if badass YA/Dystopian/Adventure/PNR is your “thing” 🙂
I AM THE STORM is the first book of the Psionics series by Tash McAdam, and it really sets things off with a bang! I’d read a previous version of this story, which was originally published as a novella called SLAM, and I remembered it being action-packed and full of tension, as a good dystopian adventure should be. I AM THE STORM expands the novella with a whole new storyline and POV; it takes everything I loved about the novella and built it up into a novel-length escapade.
I AM THE STORM follows two teens living in a dark future where a shady government agency, the Institute, kidnaps and brainwashes kids born with special abilities, turning them into mindless weapons. Kids like Sam, who can control technology with his mind. Despite Sam’s efforts to keep his abilities hidden, the worst comes to pass, and he finds himself in the Institute’s clutches. But he’s determined to escape, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes. Meanwhile, Serena’s one of the youngest fighters in an underground resistance movement, and when she’s sent on her very first mission, she’s determined to prove herself. As she and Sam both work against the Institute, dodging dangers and desperately trying to outwit the powerful, their paths eventually collide.
Written in a pulse-pounding style reminiscent of graphic novels and narrated in Sam and Serena’s down-to-earth voices, this high-octane adventure will grab you from the start and keep you enthralled. The world-building offers glimpses of a bleak future with promises of secrets and twists to be revealed in the rest of the series. I can’t wait for the next book!