X-Men meets The Walking Dead in Lindsey Pogue’s superpowered survival story, fraught with Crazies, compelling characters, and bursting with raw emotion you can feel deep in your bones.They survived the Alaskan winter after the Virus devastated the North, but summer in the land of the midnight sun is fraught with a brutality of its own—long, grueling days, mosquito-ridden evenings, and woods with … evenings, and woods with lurking shadows more dangerous than grizzlies. With the discovery of impossible superhuman Abilities, and the looming threat of General Herodson in the lower forty-eight, the Yukon is no longer the refuge it once was.
After deciding to stay in Whitehorse, Elle and Jackson work tirelessly to build a self-sufficient home and protect their newfound family. But, it’s not long before they realize that even if the world as they once knew it is long gone, everyone’s turbulent pasts still linger, and surviving the Virus was only the beginning.
Sophie’s troublesome dreams begin to worsen, and her Ability makes it impossible for the people she cares about to get closer to her, especially Alex. As her friendship with Phil strengthens, and Alex pulls further and further away, she begins to question her reality, and above all else, her sanity.
When whispers of dissension and chaos among the General’s ranks reach Whitehorse, and other survivors begin to amass in Hartley Bay, Alex jumps at the chance to explore the world beyond the group’s safe haven, and leave his bitterness behind. But when alarming news from home reaches him, Alex must face his fears once and for all, or risk losing everything good he’s ever known.
From the author of the bestselling, post-apocalyptic world of The Ending Series, comes a new standalone series of epic adventure set in the virus-ravaged world of The Ending. The Savage North Chronicles contain new characters, locations, and adventures — they can be enjoyed on their own or in conjunction with The Ending Series novels.
The Savage North Chronicles (An Ending World series)
The Darkest Winter, book one
The Longest Night, prequel novella
Midnight Sun, book two
Fading Shadows (March 2020)
The Ending Series
After The Ending, book one in The Ending Series
Into The Fire, book two
Out Of The Ashes, book three
Before The Dawn, book four
World Before
Beginnings: Ending Series Origin Stories
more
This is a brilliant second story in this exciting end of the world series! Excellent story & ideas, so well written, just a pleasure to read! I do strongly recommend this writer & all of her works! I am looking forward to reading more by her!
I’m loving this post-apocalyptic series!
We met Elle, Jackson, Sophie, Alex, Thea and Beau in the first book of the series, The Darkest Winter. They have become a family and settled near Whitehorse in the Yukon. They live in a farmhouse outside of town but also have some new members of their group at a nearby prison that they are reinforcing and preparing as a safe haven when/if General Herodson comes for them. They’re all learning about and trying to live with their new abilities. Some are having an easier time adapting while others like Sophie, Alex and Beau are struggling. Sophie and Alex have a obvious and deep emotional connection that they don’t know how to deal with so they choose to ignore it and keep their distance from each other.
I loved hearing about all the ways they were making this new community a home and their interactions with new and surprise survivors. The crossover to the The Ending Series with Jake and Zoey was great! I loved hearing a little more about that community too. As frustrating as it was sometimes, I really enjoyed seeing the progression of Sophie and Alex’s relationship. Really looking forward to the next book in the series!
Midnight Sun is book two in the Savage North Chronicles by Lindsey Pogue. This series is a spin off of The Ending series but you do not need to have read it to read this. Although I have read it and highly recommend it! This is told in the point of views of Elle, the sort of matriarch of the family this group has formed. And of Alex and Sophie.
This group that has formed a family of sorts, has settled near the town of Whitehorse in the Yukon. They have chosen a farmhouse outside of town for their main home but also a nearby prison that they are reinforcing to use as a safe haven. Because they still live under the threat of the man who started the nightmare they live in, General Herodson, and also, of those that came through the virus not only with the special abilities they now all have, but with a splintered mind whom they refer to as the crazies.
Each of our group struggles to accept the ability they now have, but none struggle as much as Sophie does. When Sophie touches someone, she sees everything, every secret, every bit of pain they have experienced, every dark corner of their mind. Every one in the group is grieving for someone they lost to the virus. But Sophie has to experience all of their grief.
Alex has more of a family now with this group than he ever did before the virus. He has so much darkness in his past and he doesn’t want Sophie to see it. He and Sophie have had a connection from the moment they met. But whenever she touches him, she sees everything he is trying not to remember. Alex’s ability is that he can amplify a person’s ability. So not only is Sophie feeling all of his pain, she is feeding it back to him ten fold. It’s too much. So the only answer he has is to push her away.
“We were fuel to a fire I knew could never burn.”
Our group is learning as they go, how to homestead, how to spend the summer months preparing for the unforgiving winter months. They have very limited access to the outside world. They know there are other survivors out there but they have kept themselves isolated for safety. But news does filter in, news of a rebellion, news of the fall of the General’s power, news of other communities. Dare they hope that their world might someday be safer?
As Sophie and Alex struggle with their relationship, the rest of their group has struggles as well. But through it all, they have each other. They love, protect and support one another as any family would, but maybe even more so because of what they have been through together.
Could I love this group any more? No, I couldn’t. I am right there with them ever step of the way through all of their struggles. The next in this series is #2.5, Fading Shadows, which will be Ross and Kat’s story. I can hardly wait to see what happens next!
We see how our refugees have coped over the winter How they have made preparation to be self-sustaining. How they are coping with their new gifts, new world after the pandemic. We see the characters like Elle, Alex, Sophie, Kat, Beau, Thea, Ross, Burt, and Ross as well as all the others from book one, as well as new characters. There are some cameos of the old characters we loved or loved to hate. from the first series. They got the best news ever! In this book, the news makes it possible for the various pockets of survivors to actually create a summit to meet.
What could the future hold for those who survived all the atrocities they survived both separately and together as a group since the pandemic? Young adults who were forced to grow up too soon to assume the roles of adults in hopes of the survival of the group.
One thing I love about how this author writes, it is so well done, each book could be a stand-alone book. If you read them out of order they still make sense. I just absolutely adore the cast and the world Mrs. Pouge has created and I love the fact that each book has been so well thought out, that it has become a long-running storyline that you can begin at any point. or you can read each facet as a separate series. Now that is how it is done by the very best Authors.