Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Waiting On Wednesday (26)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Partials by Dan Wells

Summary via Goodreads:
The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.

Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic in training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws threaten to launch what’s left of humanity into civil war, and she’s not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will discover that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there.

Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question—one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.

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Why am I waiting on Partials? I think the summary pretty much covers why I want to read it. A weaponized virus? Engineered organic beings? I'm intrigued! 


Partials by Dan Wells is published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins and its expected publication date is February 28, 2012. 


So, what are you waiting on this week?

9 comments:

  1. This sounds like a very exciting story and I'll definitely need to take a closer look at it once it's released. :)

    Great pick,
    Carina @ Fictional Distraction

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  2. This sounds awesome. First time hearing about it too. Great pick!

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  3. I love the cover for this, it's so dark and appealing. Plus the plot sounds awesome!! Cannot wait for this, fingers crossed it's released in Aus!

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  4. Ooooh I can't wait for Partials eitgher!! Squeeee. Sounds so good. Great pick!

    Giselle
    Xpresso Reads
    Btw- I'm giving away an ARC of Legend and it ends tonight if you haven't entered yet. ;)

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  5. Ooh, this is on my TBR list, as well! Great pick! I can't wait to read this one :)

    My WoW can be found here!

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  6. Holy crap this sounds crazy! haha, now I'm waiting on it, too!

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  7. I haven't heard of this one before, but it sounds interesting! Good choice!

    My WoW

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  8. interesting choice. Lookin' forward to this one.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Check my post:
    http://seeitorreadit.blogspot.com/2011/10/wow-1.html#more

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  9. that sound awsome. great pick. I love post-apocolyptic fiction. this week i put Jay Ashers "the future of us" as my waiting on wednesday. you can find it here. http://novelminded.blogspot.com/2011/10/waiting-on-wednesday-4.html

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