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I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel by Joshua Bellin. SURVIVAL COLONY NINE is about a fourteen-year-old boy, Querry, who has lost his memory and finds himself amongst a group of people fighting to stay alive in a barren, dust covered land. Their colony is not only fighting against the elements of the land and lack of resources to stay alive, but they are also fighting against the Skaldi. Querry must solve the mystery behind his memory loss and the Skaldi in order to stay alive.

This book is not a thriller or a fast paced novel, but the story questions kept me turning the pages to find out what the heck was going on.

Other than the dirt and grime found on every page of the story, this is a very clean read with no sex or foul language. There's a little violence but not much. Teenagers of any age would enjoy this book, and adults who are fans of YA books and dystopian books will enjoy it as well.

**spoiler alert** Don't keep reading this review if you haven't already read the book! **spoiler alert**

The reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because I had trouble believing a couple of the plot elements: 1) I couldn't believe the entire colony would just go along with Laman's plan to incorporate Querry as Laman's son. I would think that at least one of the children would let the secret slip that Querry was not really Laman's son. 2) I didn't believe Querry could follow the Skaldi's trail for so long considering how the previous chapters talked about how much the wind constantly blew the dust across the land.

But despite those minor issues, I still loved the book!

Bellin's writing was a pleasure to read throughout the book with some wonderful descriptive lines like:
"As soon as they were gone the sun resumed its work, baking the land, leeching the veins of water that formed in the ground's cracks, crinkling the river like a scrap of paper in a fire."
"Her face might be a stone, I thought, but even stones get worn down in time."

Great job Bellin! I look forward to your next book.


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Survival Colony 9 Joshua David Bellin Books Reviews

Set in a stark post-apocalyptic world of dust and ruin, a teen protagonist, Querry Genn is struggling to survive and make sense of his life. Let's face it, figuring out who you are and who you wish to become is hard enough when you're a teenager without adding traumatic amnesia and really, really, scary soul-sucking monsters to the equation. The story was deliciously frightening! The best part of Survival Colony 9, in my opinion, were the epic plot twists I didn't see coming. The author strips away the veneer of civilization and shows us humanity at its best and worst, a world ripe for Querry's journey of self-discovery.
This book had an interesting concept, but I did not think it was very well written. I read from start to finish, but I can't say I enjoyed reading it. The characters seemed one dimensional to me, often predictable, and the world building just did not quite work for me. I think part of the problem is that the world was so completely bleak and hopeless. I love dystopian fiction, but this world was so devoid of any hope at all that I found myself doubting that people would still even be alive at all. By the halfway point in the book, I found myself just trudging through to finish it without really caring about the characters. The author does have a major plot twist in the book, but even that wasn't enough to make me really enjoy reading it.
Survival Colony 9

A novel by Joshua David Bellin

Awakened in the middle of the night, 14-year-old Querry packs his tent and belongings and gets ready to run away again. He and the 51 others that make up the colony move nomadically across a war torn landscape in search of safety, food and water. Mankind fought that last great war over the dwindling resources available from the planet-wide drought caused by global warming. They are also running from the Scaldi, an alien race that preys on the remnants of humanity, those few that managed to survive the great conflict that destroyed civilization. But there is dissent among the colonists that moves closer to rebellion every day. And that could destroy them all.

“Survival Colony 9” draws you into a mystery filled dystopian world. Who, or what, are the Scaldi? Who is Querry really? Who is infected? Who is loyal? There are a lot of moving parts to the plot including the de rigueur budding YA romance and perhaps a bit too much mystery. While well written, it lacks a sense of urgency, particularly in the early chapters. And, although I did enjoy it, this isn’t a novel that will fire your imagination and have you thirsting for more.

I recommend this novel only to those patient readers, who enjoy a slowly building mystery.
I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel by Joshua Bellin. SURVIVAL COLONY NINE is about a fourteen-year-old boy, Querry, who has lost his memory and finds himself amongst a group of people fighting to stay alive in a barren, dust covered land. Their colony is not only fighting against the elements of the land and lack of resources to stay alive, but they are also fighting against the Skaldi. Querry must solve the mystery behind his memory loss and the Skaldi in order to stay alive.

This book is not a thriller or a fast paced novel, but the story questions kept me turning the pages to find out what the heck was going on.

Other than the dirt and grime found on every page of the story, this is a very clean read with no sex or foul language. There's a little violence but not much. Teenagers of any age would enjoy this book, and adults who are fans of YA books and dystopian books will enjoy it as well.

**spoiler alert** Don't keep reading this review if you haven't already read the book! **spoiler alert**

The reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because I had trouble believing a couple of the plot elements 1) I couldn't believe the entire colony would just go along with Laman's plan to incorporate Querry as Laman's son. I would think that at least one of the children would let the secret slip that Querry was not really Laman's son. 2) I didn't believe Querry could follow the Skaldi's trail for so long considering how the previous chapters talked about how much the wind constantly blew the dust across the land.

But despite those minor issues, I still loved the book!

Bellin's writing was a pleasure to read throughout the book with some wonderful descriptive lines like
"As soon as they were gone the sun resumed its work, baking the land, leeching the veins of water that formed in the ground's cracks, crinkling the river like a scrap of paper in a fire."
"Her face might be a stone, I thought, but even stones get worn down in time."

Great job Bellin! I look forward to your next book.